"I have never been able to understand why a man should be fined because he is in a hurry."

"I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall show, but the solid gold will never wear off."

"The bigger the humbug, the better the people will like it."

"To be a successful showman, you must always be a little ahead of your audience."

"Every man's occupation should be beneficial to his fellow-man as well as profitable to himself. All else is vanity and folly."