The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to recommit, to be whole-hearted once again.
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.