Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent. - William Shenstone

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Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent.

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About William Shenstone

William Shenstone (18 November 1714 – 11 February 1763) was an English poet, essayist and one of the earliest practitoners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes.

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