O Time the fatal wrack of mortal things, That draws oblivion's 
curtains over kings; Their sumptuous monuments, men know them not, Their names without a record are forgot, Their parts, their ports, their pomps all laid in th' dust Nor wit nor gold, nor buildings scape time's rust;\ But he whose name is graved in the white stone Shall last and shine when all of these are gone.
by Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Revelation 2:17
