“Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.”

-       George Washington

                                  

What George Washington is trying to say in this inspiring statement is that, if you care about your reputation, you should hang out or associate with the people that have a good reputation. If you hang out with people who are bad company for you, you will eventually be known as bad company as well. He also says that it would be better for you to be alone than to have people have you known as bad company because of the people you associate yourself with.