“Be wary of the company you keep for they are a reflection of who you are, or who you want to be...”

“The loneliest days are the ones where you keep company with someone you love who can’t hear you.”

“If you put away those who report accurately, you’ll keep only those who know what you want to hear. I can think of nothing more poisonous than to rot in the stink of your own reflections.”

“You will never become who you want to be if you keep blaming everyone else for who you are.”

“Do not keep company with people who speak of careers. Not only are such people uninteresting in themselves; they also have no interest in anything interesting. . . . Keep company with people who are interested in the world outside themselves. The one who never asks you what you are working on; who never inquires as to the success of your latest project; who never uses the word career as a noun -- he is your friend.”

“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”