A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

Guilty consciences always make people cowards.

Guilty consciences always make people cowards.

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing
wound thee sore!
[It., O dignitosa coscienza e read more

O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing
wound thee sore!
[It., O dignitosa coscienza e netta,
Come t' e picciol fallo amaro morso.]

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

Now conscience wakes despair
That slumber'd, wakes the bitter memory
Of what he was, what is, and read more

Now conscience wakes despair
That slumber'd, wakes the bitter memory
Of what he was, what is, and what must be
Worse; of worse deeds worse sufferings must ensue!

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength to
prevent, it seldom has justice enough to read more

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength to
prevent, it seldom has justice enough to accuse.

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.