"Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Modesty died when clothes were born. Modesty died when false modesty was born."
"Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out."
"Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise."
"The fiercest agonies have shortest reign; And after dreams of horror, comes again The welcome morning with its rays of peace."