Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.

Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.

Every man is as heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.

Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.

I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.

A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.

Man appoints, and God disappoints.

Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep.

One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.

Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other.

Good actions ennoble us and we are the sons of our deeds.

No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man.

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress.

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.

Modesty is the color of virtue.

I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty.

If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism.

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself.

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.

With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee.

"Sex" is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other.

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.

I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.

It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.

I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves.