A friend in need is a bloody nuisance.
I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.
I'm glad I'm not bisexual. I couldn't stand being rejected by men as well as women.
Newspapermen, as journalists used to be called, have long been charged with the sin of cynicism. a characterization that many of us encourage to deflect attention from our far more widespread flaw, incorrigible sentimentalism.