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

To acquire style, begin by affecting none.

A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

It is worse to be irresolute than to be wrong.

A dash is a mark of separation stronger than a comma, less formal than a colon, and more relaxed than parentheses.

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

None are so fallible as those who are sure they're right.