"The public always wants to be humbugged, but they don't want to be caught at it."

"I have found that the public will pay for what they like, and they will like what they are told to like."

"Politeness and good humor are as much in demand as good merchandise."

"Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd."

"I have been called a liar, a cheat, a humbug, and all that, but I have always been truthful in my way."