Honour, truth, liberality, good nature, and modesty, were the
she chiefly possessed, and most valued in her acquaintance: and where she found them, would be ready to allow for some defects; nor valued them less, although they did not shine in learning or in wit: but would never give the least allowance for any failures in the former, even to those who made the greatest figure in either of the two latter.
Swift - On the Death of Esther Johnson, Stella
