“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?”

“Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labours of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.”

“The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another's heart.”

“I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.”

“Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.”

“Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.”

“The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.”