Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had, but Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion, obliquely expressed, that the longer a family had been squatting on one patch of land the finer it was.

You rarely win, but sometimes you do.

Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

They've done it before and they'll do it again and when they do it -- seems that only the children weep. Good night.

Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.

We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.

Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.