You can choose your friends, but you sho' can't choose your family.
Cecil Jacobs is a big wet hen!
It's better to be silent than to be a fool.
She's an old lady and she's ill. You just hold your head high and be a gentleman. Whatever she says to you, it's your job not to let her make you mad.
A man can condemn his enemies, but it's wiser to know them.
No, everybody's gotta learn, nobody's born knowin'. That Walter's as smart as he can be, he just gets held back sometimes because he has to stay out and help his daddy. Nothin's wrong with him. Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.