Who said “Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.”?

“Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my dear, kiss me and be quiet.”

“I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it.”

“Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.”

“Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.”

“Be smart, but never show it.”

“The post of honor is a private station.”

“Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.”

“Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable.”

“Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.”

“There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.”

“There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.”