When they ran out of cadre men they gave me my very own platoon and said, 'Here are 63 men, try to keep as many of them alive as you possibly can.' That was one of the more harrowing experiences of my life.
Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next.
A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.