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A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
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A modest man never talks of himself.
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A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not appear to be pleased with himself.
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A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
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Act as though you cannot fail but keep a humble spirit.
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After mature deliberation of counsel, the good Queen to establish a rule and immutable example unto all posterity, for the moderation and required modesty in a lawful marriage, ordained the number of six times a day as a lawful, necessary and competent limit.
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Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.
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Always remember when you are on top of the world , that the earth rotates every 24 hrs.
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Avoid pretension; Nature never pretends.
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Bashfulness is not so much the effect of an ill-education, as the proper gift and provision of wise nature. Every stage of life has its own set of manners, that is suited to it, and best becomes it. Each is beautiful in its season; and you might as well quarrel with the child’s rattle, and advance him directly to the boy’s top and spanfarthing, as expect from diffident youth the manly confidence of riper age.
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Be simple and modest in your deportment, and treat with indifference whatever lies between virtue and vice. Love the human race; obey God.
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Be smart, but never show it.
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Can it be chat modesty may more betray Our sense than woman’s lightness?
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Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman’s lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary And pitch our evils there?
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Come here into the light as a hesitant rose; those stars above quiver as you do.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
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Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.
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Everything that is exquisite hides itself
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False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.
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Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.
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