-No-one cares if you are offended, so stop it.

-Never take an ex back. She tried to do better and is settling with you.

-Eating out alone can be magnificent. Find a place where you can sit at the bar.

-Read more. It allows you to borrow someone else’s brain, and will make you more interesting at a dinner party — provided that you don’t initiate conversation with, “So, who are you reading…”

-Ignore the boos. They usually come from the cheap seats.

-Don’t ever say, “it is what it is.”