“It is better to be alone than in bad company.”

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

“Its good to live alone than to live in a bad company”

“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”

“Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.”

“There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.”

“A bad war is fought with a good mind.”