In peace and prosperity both states and individuals are actuated by higher motives, because they do not fall under the dominion of imperious necessities; but war which takes away the comfortable provision of daily life is a hard master and tends to assimilate men’s characters to their conditions.

The splendor of the present is the glory the future laid up as a memory for all time. Take possession of both, zealously choosing honor for the future and avoiding disgrace in the present. (Pericles’ last speech)