"I have no desire to be considered a humbug, although I have been called one often enough."

"The public is a very strange animal, and it is very difficult to catch it by the tail."

"I must confess that I am a humbug. I have always been a humbug."

"The greatest pleasure I have is in confounding the wise and puzzling the learned."

"I don't believe in humbugging the public, but I do believe in attracting their attention."