Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to this want is, in my opinion, in a business established by the Creator of our nature. If he worthily fulfills his mission and amuses without corrupting, he need never feel that he has lived in vain.
P. T. BarnumA lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance.
P. T. BarnumMore persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much.
P. T. BarnumI am prouder of my title 'The Children's Friend' than if I were to be called 'The King of the World'.
P. T. Barnum