Atticus, he was real nice." "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.

Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.

Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.

Finders were keepers unless title was proven.

A mob's always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man. Every mob in every little Southern town is always made up of people you know--doesn't say much for them, does it?

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?

It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike--in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do.