Incivility is not a Vice of the Soul, but the effect of several Vices; of Vanity, Ignorance of Duty, Laziness, Stupidity, Distraction, Contempt of others, and Jealousy.
Incivility is the extreme of pride; it is built on the contempt of mankind.
Could there be finer symptoms? Is not general incivility the very essence of love?
If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.
Good rule to follow: never reward someone's incivility by giving them the headline they seek.
Only once in my life was I on the edge of incivility. I do not like to be unkind.