Over the course of a year, I’ve amassed a relatively interesting collection of fortunes from Chinese restaurants. Not that I understand the moral of the story, but that’s neither here nor there.

• The best thing you can do is get good at being you.
• Art is the accomplice of love.
• They say you are stubborn, you call it persistence.
• When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.
• Happiness lies in good health and a bad memory.
• You have friends and you know it.
• A new wardrobe brings great joy and change to your life.
• Utility is when you have plumbing, luxury is when you have a pool.
• So live that you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.