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

Never tell the auidience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves.

I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager to see something new and out of the ordinary.

Some say I do it this way, others say I do it that way, but I say I do it the other way.

No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. No ropes or chains can keep me from my freedom.

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.

The pickpocket is usually very well dressed and of prepossessing appearance.