Modesty

MODESTY:

1. A beau-catcher that young ladies wear and women affect.
2. In a sweetmeat, the souffle through which we dig to reach the plums.
3. The blush on the face of Desire at the consciousness of its own immodesty.
4. Among men modesty is the will-to-wait and seize.
5. Venom, who sidles into corners and shuns the limelight, so that he may the better see.
6. The attitude of mind that precedes the pounce.
7. The subtlest symptom of paranoia.
8. Egotism turned wrong side out.