Our modesty is severely put to the proof

The Right Hon. Charles W. Wynn to the Duke of Buckingham

East India Office, March 7, 1823

My dear B[uckingham]

It is true that there be many things which may arise between this and the end of the session, but at present the one point upon which all the House of Commons seems to agree is, that we are the best and WISEST Ministers since the days of Lord Burleigh, and we only stand in need of fans to hide our blushes when our modesty is severely put to the proof by the compliments of the opposite side...

- Quoted in the Duke of Buckingham & Chandos, Memoirs of the Court of George IV, London, 1859