The writer's Queen Victoria is his public, and he would do well to keep a bust of the old Queen on his desk with the legend "We are not amused" hanging from it.

Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force.

Anyone who finds himself putting down several commas close to one another should reflect that he is making himself disagreeable.

We tell our thoughts, like our children, to put on their hats and coats before they go out.

Be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.

It need hardly be said that shortness is a merit in words.

After all, it is an ancient and valuable right of the English people to turn their nouns into verbs when they are so minded.