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A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.

I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom; I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients.

It is very remarkable, that in the book of life, we find some almost of all kinds of occupations, who notwithstanding served God in their respective generations, and shone as so many lights in the world.

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.

While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.

The history of Christianity, therefore, must be of concern to all who are interested in the record of man and particularly to all who seek to understand the contemporary human scene.