Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.


'Rules of Civility', written c.1745; Jared Sparks The Writings of George Washington (1833) vol. 2


Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.