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

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

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

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.

Shane was a classic, and you can't find a better bad guy than Jack Palance.