He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Confucius
Modesty is the citadel of beauty and virtue.
Demades
Great modesty often hides great merit.
Benjamin Franklin
Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will.
Lactantius
It’s good to be clever, but not to show it.
French proverb
Beauty is truly beauty when its comrade is a modest mind.
Greek proverb
Modesty is a becoming ornament in a young man.
Plautus
Modesty once gone never returns.
Seneca