Because bad company can and does lead one astray.
Yes.
you get things done better when you do them without help
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush : It is better to accept the little we have than reject it hoping to get a lot later
It has a roughly similar meaning to these other proverbs... "better a live coward than a dead hero" or "Discretion is the better part of valour" or "Run a way and live to fight another day."
The Better The Day, The Better The Deed
better safe than sorry sentence
"Better late than never" is a sentence.
The proverb means that if people were given a second chance to redo certain areas of their life they would probably make better decisions than the decisions they had previously made. This proverb is similar to the one that goes "I wish I knew then what I know now," since if the person knew in the past what was going to occur in the future or what the outcome of their decision was they could change it in order to make the outcome a better one.
IDIOM:a group of words which, when used together, have a different meaning from the one suggested by the individual words (e.g. it was raining cats and dogs). PROVERB: a short memorable saying that expresses a truth or gives a warning, for example is half a loaf is better than no bread.
"Better late than never" has become a favorite proverb
Far things look better
"mieux vaut être seul que mal accompagné" is a French proverb meaning "It is better to be on his own, than to have a bad companion / assistant"
"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness" is a Chinese proverb meaning better to do something about a problem than just complain about it. Further, a candle is a small answer to a large problem, but it is still a worthy step in the right direction, rather than just bemoaning the problem (of darkness).Means if you can change a bad situation it's better to do that than to complain about it.