“Delay is preferable to error.”

“Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.”

“Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.”

“Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them.”

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.”

“He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”

“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.”