“A man's conscience and his judgment are the same thing, and, as the judgment, so also the conscience may be erroneous”
“It is often said that second thoughts are best. So they are in matters of judgment but not in matters of conscience.”
“To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me.”
“Discernment is the son of good judgment and the father of self-control. When mixed with an already clear conscience, the ability to read the true motives of a critic keeps one's conscience both clear and at ease.”
“Conscience and cowardice are really the same things, Basil. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.”
“We think ourselves possessed, or, at least, we boast that we are so, of liberty of conscience on all subjects, and of the right of free inquiry and private judgment in all cases, and yet how far are we from these exalted privileges in fact!”