Modesty forbids what the law does not.

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

What can be found equal to modesty, uncorrupt faith, the sister of justice, and undisguised truth? [Lat., Cui pudor et justitiae soror incorrupta fides nudaque veritas quando ullum inveniet parem?]

So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you should ever have become a father