"I don't believe in taking fools by the hand, but I do believe in attracting them to my shows."

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

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

"I am not in the business of selling truth. I am in the business of selling entertainment."

"And in what business is there not humbug?"