Helen Gurley Brown spent 32 years towing the line between makeup tips and sex advice at Cosmopolitan, which meant she had more advice to offer than she could squeeze into Sex and The Single Girl. For instance, did you know there are eight rules for having an affair?

I believe most girls are attainable by somebody. Really, most girls, but you have to work at it. I think the reason you don't always succeed is that you want everything now, this minute, tonight's the night. Rule one is "Take time to court her." Rule two: "Love her out of bed." Laught at her jokes. Women have fantastic egos too, you know. Even pretty little flips of girls just love to be thought fascinating and funny. [...]

Rule seven: "Act confident, even if you aren't." If she thinks you know what you're doing, even if she doesn't know what she's doing, it helps. One man I know, when he's sure conditions are right, takes over like a father. He just tells the girl, "Now, let's get out of this dress, darling. Let me take your shoes." Well, pretty sure she's doing everything he says.

Set to press clippings of Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook's extramarital scandal, Gurley Brown's wise words have taken on a whole new meaning. Magazine editors, you see, will say anything to cheerlead scandal.