Everything you do is ultimately selfish, no matter how selfless it may appear. You help people because, at worst, you want their love and respect and, at best, it makes YOU feel good about YOURSELF.
"Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favours". Francois de La Rochefoucauld That **** has a quote for everything.
The purpose of life is not to be happy . It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. - Emerson
I didn't read the title properly, thought it said Shellfish ****s. I was expecting more seafood abuse.