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

This statement means that you should be friends with people who are good. It also means that you should have no friends than be with bad people. Everyone has friends, but sometimes they can lead us to a bad influence. We trust our friends, but they may impact us negatively. This bad influence can change your relationship with others. That is why you should hang out with good people, not bad ones.An exapme of bad friends would be friends who do drugs. They one day offer you to do drugs. You should not be friends with them and better off being alone. Good quality people leave you a good influence. That is why you hang out with good quality people.