Some Say I Do It This Way,

An Old Trick Well Done Is Far Better Than A New Trick With No Effect.

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.

The Greatest Escape I Ever Made Was When I Left Appleton, Wisconsin.

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.