It is indeed very, very delicate. It is very easy to stifle it, but it is so very clear that it is impossible to mistake it. Conscience is above reason and discussion. It is a sudden, dictatory command to plunge deep into the depths of virtue, or to rise high above the level of vice. The positive elements that adorn conscience are truth, courage and justice.
Conscience is a great ledger.
All your offences are written and registered in this ledger. It is a terrible witness. Conscience is the best Minister of Justice. It threatens, promises, rewards and punishes, keeping all under its control. To act against the conscience is to act against reason and Divine Law.