I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.
It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.
I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.
I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.
Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty.
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.
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
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.
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.
Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
One of the problems with sex education... is that it also strips kids - especially girls - of their modesty to have every detail of anatomy, physiology and condom usage made explicit.
Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.