The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.
- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956, American Editor, Author, Critic, Humorist)

It’s not a slam at you when people are rude — it’s a slam at the people they’ve met before.
- Source Unknown

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.
- James Baldwin (1924-1987, American Author)

A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784, British Author)

He’s three shades to the wind
- Source Unknown