I can tell you that it is no game for children, and I will confess that, in spite of my nine campaigns, I felt myself turn pale when the first ball f… - Arthur Conan Doyle

"The most serious point in the case is the disposition of the child."
What on earth has that to do with it?" I ejaculated.
My dear Watson, you as a medical man are continually gaining insight as to the tendencies of a child by the study of the parents. Don't you see that the converse is equally valid. I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children."

The highest morality may prove also to be the highest wisdom when the half-told story comes to be finished.

Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.