Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad
Source: Letter to George Steptoe Washington (Mar. 23, 1789)
Topic
Company shapes character long before formal instruction does. The topic of company appears in these quotes as a practical reminder that the people around us influence our standards, our language, our courage, and even our ambitions. Good company is not merely entertaining; it is refining. It challenges lazy thinking, rewards honesty, and normalizes effort, while bad company makes poor judgment feel ordinary. Several authors frame companionship as one of the great hidden costs in life, because the wrong circle can consume years that never return. Others describe company as the setting where learning becomes real, where ideas from books are tested in conversation, conflict, and shared work. Read together, these lines suggest that relationships are not neutral background noise but active forces that shape what we become. Use this collection to examine your own circle with clarity, and choose company that calls out your best self instead of your easiest self.
Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad
Memory is the diary that we all carry around with us
My evil company hath been my bane, and sleep thereto remorseless.