A man's own conscience is his sole tribunal, and he should care no more for that phantom "opinion" than he should fear meeting a ghost if he crossed the churchyard at dark.


The novels and romances of Edward Bulwer Lytton (ed. General Books, 2010)

Edward Bulwer-Lytton Quotes

A man's own conscience is his sole tribunal, and he should care no more for that phantom opinion than he should fear meeting a ghost if he crossed...

A man's own conscience is his sole tribunal, and he should care no more for that phantom opinion than he should fear meeting a ghost if he crossed...

A man's own conscience is his sole tribunal, and he should care no more for that phantom opinion than he should fear meeting a ghost if he crossed...

A man's own conscience is his sole tribunal, and he should care no more for that phantom opinion than he should fear meeting a ghost if he crossed...