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..

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues..

Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps..

If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty..

He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day a commander..

Modesty is my best quality..

When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty..

Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind..

It is often the case with a new idea that when it comes knocking on society's door with modesty and the best premises for its existence, there is a t….

Modesty is the citadel of beauty..

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 ….

In connection with death, or birth, or love, modesty is only a rather puerile self-consciousness..

Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound..

Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds..

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exa….

Modesty is a diamond setting to female beauty..

Modesty and chastity are twins.

Modesty needs to come from the heart..

What is beauty, but an extension of modesty?.

In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the righ….