Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes

I realize that if you ask people to account for “facts”, they usually spend more time finding reasons for them than finding out whether they are true...They skip over the facts but carefully deduce inferences. They normally begin thus: “How does this come about?” But does it do so? That is what they ought to be asking. (Montaigne)

For one mistake made for not knowing, ten mistakes are made for not looking

Being nice is hardly the evidence of innocence