"Do you really think the Southern armies wiped up the map with the Northern armies every time they met? And do you really think that wooden-faced doll that Sully painted has no equal for beauty north of the Mason and Dixon line? What you need is travel and experience."
"What's the matter with you getting married?—My God, don't spill that, Mel!"
"There's nothing the matter with it. And I'll tell you what I'll do: I will if you will."
"They ought to be sisters, seeing as how you and I have always been like brothers and voted the Democratic ticket and fought chickens."
"And fed the same ticks and mosquitoes."
"We'll have a double wedding. We'll each be the other's best man, and they'll each be the other's best girl."
"No—no; they are each to be our best girls."
"What I mean is——"
"I know what you mean, but you've made this julep too strong."
"That's one thing they can't do in the North."