Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
Tact is to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
To babble is to make a feminine noise somewhat resembling the sound of a brook, but with less meaning.
The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.
A man is known by the silence he keeps.
Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech.