Conceit spoils the finest genius†and the great charm of all power is modesty.

-Alcott, Louisa May
  Little Women, pt.1, ch.7.

We know very little about what it is that moves great masses of men to action, and until we know more about this it is fitting for the social scientist to maintain a becoming modesty in the presence of a great deal to be modest about.

-Boulding, Kenneth Ewart
  The Impact of the Social Sciences.

Ihave oftenwished Ihad timeto cultivatemodesty† But I am too busy thinking about myself.

-Sitwell, Dame Edith Louisa
  In the Observer, 30 Apr.