A shy face is better than a forward heart. [ Cervantes ]

Silent when glad; affectionate, though shy. [ Beattie ]

The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly. [ Wordsworth ]

A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others. [ Landor ]

Women are shy of nothing so much as the little word Yes, at least they say it only after they have said No. [ Jean Paul ]

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even, than what he condemns, of his character, information, and abilities. No wonder, then, that in this prudent country most people are so shy of praising anything. [ Hare ]