Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Bashfulness

A scoff is the reward of bashfulness.

At table bashfulness is out of place.

Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth but a reproach to old age.Aristotle.

Bashfulness is no use to the needy.Dutch.

He that wants should not be bashful.Italian.

His bashful mind hinders his good intent.

It is only the bashful that lose.French.

To cast a sheep’s eye at one.