" use words that fit the context, to learn when to use high-flown language and when to use down-home words, and generally quit putting on lexical airs. The letter’s a marvel: it not only tells people how to use a dictionary but deliciously throws shade at educated and well-traveled people who speak only to impress (“Doth any wise man think, that wit resteth in strange words…? Do we not speak, because we would haue others to vnderstand vs?”). "

― Kory Stamper , Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries