Palindromes are
ancient. One that was written on
fountains in
Greece was this:
NI{PS}ON ANOMÊMATA MÊ MONAN O{PS}IN
This means "wash my sins, not just my face". It's a palindrome in Greek because the {PS} is the single letter psi.
The Romans had a clever one:
IN GIRUM IMUS NOCTE ET CONSUMIMUR IGNI
"Into the circle we go by night and are consumed by fire" -- which they said about moths.
In English they go on and on:
Straw? No, too stupid a fad; I put soot on warts.
Campus motto: Bottoms up, Mac
Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?
etc etc