There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former.
Source: Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments, Economy and Benevolence, 1794.
-- Joseph Addison, (May 1 1672-1719), English poet, essayist, playwright; He was a regular contributor to The Tatler (1709-11).