I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English - it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in.

A sin takes on a new and real terror when there seems a chance that it is going to be found out.

I wrote 'Tom Sawyer' and 'Huck Finn' for adults exclusively, and it always distressed me when I find that boys and girls have been allowed access to them. The mind that becomes soiled in youth can never again be washed clean.

Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

The institution of royalty in any form is an insult to the human race.

High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water.