There's a lot to be said for the fellow who doesn't say it himself.

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

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false. The one guards virtue, the other betrays it.

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

Pocket all your knowledge with your watch, and never pull it out in company unless desired.

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

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.

There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He acts as though the others were his peers.

The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.

True modesty does not consist in an ignorance of our merits, but in a due estimate of them.