“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.” - George Washington
“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.” - Abraham Lincoln
“Women scheme when they are weak, they lie out of fear. Men scheme when they are strong, they lie out of arrogance.” - Julian Barnes
