Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

Every error has its consequences and venges itself unto the seventh generation.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth.

Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts.

The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.

The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it.

Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.

A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday