Never try to fool children, they expect nothing, and therefore see everything.

Magic is the sole science not accepted by scientists, because they can't understand it.

The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.

But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have been before the public my secret methods have been steadily shielded by the strict integrity of my assistants, most of whom have been with me for years.

No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.

Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns with an extremely intense heat.

I am not an irretrievable skeptic. I am not hopelessly prejudiced. I am perfectly willing to believe, and my mind is wide open; but I have, as yet, to be convinced. I am perfectly willing, but the evidence must be sane and conclusive.