"Pym!" The Countess spotted a new victim, and her voice went a little dangerous. "I seconded you to look after Miles. Would you care to explain this … - Lois McMaster Bujold

Miles added it to his life's lessons list. Call it Rule 27B. Never make key tactical decisions while having electro-convulsive seizures.

“Hair shirts, really, what is the point?” She gave the impression of a faint, dramatic shudder, and Pen smiled despite himself. She added more tartly, “And it indicates a deep confusion of thinking to mistake one’s own discomfort for a benefit to another.”

“Now, you had that doctorate in Barrayaran history. Do any really interesting District succession squabbles spring to your memory?”
“Lord Midnight the horse,” Galeni replied at once. “Who always voted ‘neigh.’”