I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence.

Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security.

To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.

There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.