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

What George Washington is trying to say is that you need to be with good men that will know how to treat you. You don’t need a man that is going to treat you like trash.  You need someone that is going to treat with respect not with a bad attitude, for example you need someone that will want you to do good in life and be successful. Not a person that isn’t helping you at all. Because if you end up having a person that doesn’t want you to be good in life you’ll end being a Failure. Also you have to do stuff for your own. You need to do things that will make you a good person in order for people to know that you’re a good person. What i mean is that you need to do nice things because you want to not being forced. You have to be good in order for people think of you as a good person. That is called reputation. The way to have a good reputation is for you to be good and associate with the good people that bring good into you. But if you associate with people that do bad things for example people are going to think that you’re like them but in reality you aren’t you're the total opposite of that.  And if you don't have no one that will bring good to you then just be alone. It better to be alone that in bad company. Honestly that will bring so much good to you. And it won't affect you.  So i strongly agree with George Washington because you have to surround yourself with good people.