Modesty is the conscience of the body. – Honore de Balzac

It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. – Andrew J. Holmes, Wisdom in Small Doses

True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. – Edward Frederick Halifax

[H]e was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. – George Eliot, Adam Bede