Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.
Worrying about them always struck me as about as useful as worrying about getting hit by lightning.
If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.
Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.