" Associate yourself with men of quality if you esteem your own reputation: for tis better to be alone than in bad company"?.

This quote means that it is better to be only then to have a crowd of bad company. For example if you have a friend that is telling and keeps on telling you to do a bad thing. And if you tell them that you don't want to do it. You should be thinking are  real my friends. Do they want the best for me or they want to bring me down. You have to always be choosing what kind of friend you want to have around you. If you decide to hang out with trouble makers and like to always get into trouble. You have to think if they are a bad influence for me and if they are teaching you something good. In the other hand if you hang out with someone that does know what they want in life and don't get into trouble. They will take you through the right path and they would guide you correctly. Of course if they love you to and they care for you they sure will. But just remember that they are people that do want to help you and others that want to bring you down. Just remember that you have the last decision  of who you want to be friend with.