"associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation;for'tis better to be alone than with bad company". by George Washington

What this quote is trying to say is to be with good people in your life. Also it tells you that it is better if you are alone that been with bad people. Bad people that make you do bad things. and those bad things affect you life in a lot of ways. But is you are with people that do good you don't have to be worried about something bad happening in your life.When you are with people that do things that ain't right bad things happen in your life.Those bad things could destroy your life completely , you won't have the dreams that u wanted. it is always better to be alone then having bad company because they always bring bad things to you.