“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.

Associate yourself with good people good qualities rather than with bad people. If you're in bad company then why be with those people at all. It’s better to be on your own then with bad people in bad company.  When you're with people of bad you're more likely to do the things they do too. If you associate yourself with good people then you will do good things. You will be a CTR person of life. All you have to do is associate yourself with the right people, the people of good qualities.  It’s not worth associating with people of bad qualities . You might as well be better of alone without that company. CTr and associate yourself with the right people is what this quote is saying.