When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake.

When stalking one’s prey, it is best to take one’s time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge.

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.

That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human.

Things are always better in the morning.

In Maycomb, if one went for a walk with no definite purpose in mind, it was correct to believe one's mind incapable of definite purpose.

Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.