Old zeal is only to be cozened by young Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when hypocrisy.—Farquhar. it encroaches upon the rights of others. Pasquier Quesnel. The good which bloodshed could not gain your peaceful zeal shall find.—Whittier. If we had the whole history of zeal, from the days of Cain to our times, we should see it filled with so many scenes of slaughter and bloodshed as would make a wise man very careful not to suffer himself to be actuated by such a principle, when it regards matters of opinion and speculation.-Addison. The zeal which begins with hypocrisy must conclude in treachery; at first it deceives, at last it betrays.-Bacon. The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.- Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep fire out of the one, and frost out of the other.-Addison. Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.-Shenstone. True zeal is an ignis lambeus, a soft and gentle flame, that will not scorch one's hand.— Cudworth. On such a theme it were impious to be calm; passion is reason, transport, temper, here!-Young. Whoever regards the early history of Christianity will perceive how necessary to its triumph was that fierce spirit of zeal, which, fearing no danger, accepting no compromise, inspired its champions and sustained its martyrs.-Bulwer Lytton. Zeal without knowledge is like expedition to a man in the dark.-Newton. Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits, and all other private gratifications. Whoever wants this motive is an open enemy or an inglorious neuter to mankind, in proportion to the misapplied advantages with which nature and fortune have blessed him.-Steele. Zeal and duty are not slow, but on occasion's forelock watchful wait.—Milton. Thou knowest that in the ardor of pursuit men soon forget the all from which they started. Schiller. It is a zealot's faith that blasts the shrines of the false god, but builds no temple to the true.-Sydney Dobell. We do that in our zeal our calmer moments are afraid to answer.— -Walter Scott. There is a holy mistaken zeal in politics as well as religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.-Junius. There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders. Fielding. Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.Hosea Ballou. There is a boldness, a spirit of daring, in religious reformers, not to be measured by the general rules which control men's purposes and actions.-Daniel Webster. Perfectly truthful men of very vivid imagination and great force of sentiment often feel so warmly, and express themselves so strongly, as to give to what they say and write a disagreeable air of exaggeration, and almost of falsehood.-J. F. Boyes. The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk with a certain belief.—Emerson. Let us take heed we do not sometimes calthat zeal for God and his gospel which is nothing else but our own tempestuous and stormy Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly passion. True zeal is a sweet, heavenly, and among fools.-Tillotson. gentle flame, which maketh us active for God, but always within the sphere of love. It never calls for fire from heaven to consume those that differ a little from us in their apprehensions. It is like that kind of lightning, which philosophers speak of, that melts the sword within, but singeth not the scabbard; it strives to save the soul, but hurteth not the body.-Cudworth. INDEX OF AUTHORS. BOUHOURS, DOMINIQUE BRONTE, CHARLOTTE. BROOKE, H. BROOKS, J. G BROOKS, REV. T. BROUGHAM, LORD. BROWN, J. (of Haddington). BROWN, REV. I. B. BROWNE, SIR THOMAS. BROWNING, MRS. E. B. BROWNING, ROBERT. BRUYERE, J. DE LA. BRYDGES, SIR EGERTON. BUCKINGHAM, DUKE OF (George Villiers). BUDDHA. BUDGELL, E. BEVERIDGE, W., BISHOP. BEYLE, HENRI. BURNAP, DR. J. BIAS. BION. BLACKSTONE, SIR W. BLESSINGTON, COUNTESS DE. BLOUNT, SIR T. P. BUTLER, BISHOP. BUTLER, FANNY KEMBLE. BUXTON, JEDEDIAH. BUXTON, SIR T. F. BYRON, LORD. CESAR. CALDERON DE LA BARCA. CAMPBELL, THOMAS. CANNING, DR. J. CARLETON, WILLIAM. ARROWSMITH. ARTHUR, T. S ASCHAM, ROGER. BOERHAAVE, HERMAN. BOETHIUS. BONSTETTEN, CHAS. VICTOR DE. CASPIPINA (Jacob Duché). BOSSUET, J. B. DE. BOUFFLERS, S. DE. CARLISLE, LORD. CARLILE, ALEXANDER. CARLYLE, THOMAS. CARY, ALICE. CATHERINE II. CATO CHOATE, Rufus. CLAIRON, MLLE. CLARENDON, LORD. CLEMENT, SAINT. CLINTON, DE WITT. COLLYER, ROBERT. COMINES, PHILIPPE DE. CONWAY, REV. M. D. COTTA. COTTON, N. COWLEY, A. COWPER, WM. DOW, JOHN. DRAYTON, MICHAEL. DRUMMOND, WILLIAM. DUBOIS, JEAN BAPTISTE. DU DEFFAND, MME. M. DUDEVANT, MME. (George Sand). DUNCAN, WILLIAM. DURIVAGE, F. A. D'URFEY, THOMAS. DYER, JAMES. EDGEWORTH, MARIA. EDWARDS, T. ELIZABETH, QUEEN. FRANCIS, P. FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. FREDERICK THE GREAT. FRISWELL, HAIN. FROUDE, JAMES A. FROUDE, PHILIP. FULLER, MARGARET. GAMBOLD, J. GASPARIN, MME. DE. GEHLES, J. S. GENLIS, MME. DE. GEOFFRIN, MARIE THERESE GETHIN, LADY. GIBBON, E. GILES, HENRY. GILFILLAN, REV. GEORGE. GILPIN, BERNARD. GILPIN, WM. GIRARDIN, MME. DE. GLADSTONE, W. E. GODFREY. GODWIN, PARKE, GOETHE, J. W. VON. GOLDSMITH, OLIVER. GOODMAN, DR. GOODRICH, S. G. GOTTHOLD, JOHANN E. L. GOUCHARD V. GOUGE, REV. T. GREELEY, HORACE. GREGORY THE GREAT. GREVILLE, LORD. GRIMM, BARON DE. GRISWOLD, R. W. GRÜN, J. J. C. A. GUERIN, EUGENIE DE. GUERIN, MAURICE DE. GUICCIARDINI, FRANCESCO. GUIZOT, F. P. G. GUIZOT, MME. GURNALL, REV. W. GUTHRIE, REV. DR. GUZMAN DE ALFARACHE (by M. Aleman). HAFIZ. HALE, JUDGE. HALE, SIR MATTHEW. HALE, MRS. S. J. HALIBURTON, JUDGE. HALIFAX, MARQUIS OF (George Savile). HALL, BASIL. HALL, BISHOP. HALL, MRS. S. C. HALL, REV. R. HALLAM, A. HALLECK, FITZ G. HAMILTON, DR. JAMES. |