The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.

Sect and error are synonymous.

You can often find in rivers what you cannot find in oceans.

Love truth, but pardon error

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do