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

“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.”

“Delay is preferable to error.”

“When I hear another express an opinion which is not mine, I say to myself, he has a right to his opinion, as I to mine. Why should I question it? His error does me no injury, and shall I become a Don Quixote, to bring all men by force of argument to one opinion? ...Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.”

“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.”