"Gladly would I embrace Spiritualism if it could prove its claims, but I am not willing to be deluded by the fraudulent impositions of so-called psychics, or accept as sacred reality any of the evidenc…"

"My one ambition is to leave a name that will be remembered."

"To cause the face to appear in a mass of flame make use of the following: mix together thoroughly petroleum, lard, mutton tallow and quick lime."

"The secret of showmanship consists not of what you really do, but what the mystery-loving public thinks you do."

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