Nothing is as irritating to a shy man as a confident girl.

A poor but confident man is as hard to find as a rich but shy man.

Alcohol is one of the quickest vehicles with which we escape shyness, our problems, and self-consciousness, for a few hours.

We are often, if not usually, greeted mainly, or even merely, as an attempt to stop us from looking at the person greeting us, at least for a bit.