“Sometimes one must choose whether to be kind or honorable," he said. "Sometimes one cannot be both.”

“Sometimes he dug in his garden; again, he read or wrote. He had but one word for both these kinds of toil; he called them gardening. "The mind is a garden," said he.”

“Sometimes he used a spade in his garden, and sometimes he read and wrote. He had but one name for these two kinds of labor; he called them gardening. ‘The Spirit is a garden,’ said he”

“Atticus sometimes said that one way to tell whether a witness was lying or telling the truth was to listen rather than watch.”

“In life all must choose at times. Sometimes, two possibilities are good; neither is evil. Usually, however, one is of greater import than the other. When in doubt, each must choose that which concerns the good of others - the greater law - rather than that which chiefly benefits ourselves - the lesser law. The greater must be chosen whether it be law or thing. That was the choice made in Eden. ”

“We cannot choose the times we live in. Just as, sometimes, we cannot choose whom we love.”