The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity.

The situation is perilous, but there is still one chance of escape.

Rich, ornate prose is hard to digest, generally unwholesome, and sometimes nauseating.

Never call a stomach a tummy without good reason.

Instead of announcing what you are about to tell is interesting, make it so.

To acquire style, begin by affecting none.

It is worse to be irresolute than to be wrong.