Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

Quote by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Topics: Modesty Quotes

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small...

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small...

You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading

You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Our memories are independent of our wills.

Our memories are independent of our wills.

When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky,...

When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky,...

Be just before you are generous

Be just before you are generous

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection...

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection...

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor

The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to...

American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to...

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, lead to ruin

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, lead to ruin

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he...

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he...