# Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for ’tis better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington

# Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
George Washington

# Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
George Washington

# It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
George Washington