Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man. Robert A. Heinlein
A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous. Mary Wollstonecraft
No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Jean de La Bruyère
An overly modest man goes hungry. Ethiopian Proverb
A too modest man goes hungry. Ethiopian Proverb