I must fling myself down and writhe; I must strive with every piece of force I possess; I bruise and batter myself against the floor, the walls; I strain and sob and exhaust myself, and begin again, and exhaust myself again; but do I feel pain? Never. How can I feel pain? There is no place for it.

Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements.

The greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin.

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

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

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

But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath.