Here are some brilliant tips for aspiring mathematics authors!
I don't think I've ever encountered this page before. It's hard to find a favorite. There's also lots of great snark in the explanatory notes.
Here is one bit of snark: "One practical criticism applies to this book as well as a large part of contemporary mathematical production: the various statements are called by different names, such as Lemma, Theorem, Proposition, Corollary; the first three are numbered independently of each other, while the numbers assigned to corollaries are functions of several variables; in addition, numbered formulae have their own separate numeration. The strain placed on the reader by this partial ordering is obvious, but apparently readers seek vengeance on other readers when they turn into authors."
(Tip of the cap to @mathematicsprof.)
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