Note 27

The Wise one looks good when she is accompanied by others, but also when she is alone. But being always alone or always accompanied displays certain traits: always alone means one can’t get along with others, while always accompanied means one can’t rely on one’s self. If you appear in social gatherings all the time, it also shows you can’t handle being alone, while never going to mingle with people betrays a disregard or deficiency for cooperation, street-smarts, and the ability to handle one’s self among all kinds of people. Appear when you are not expected, disappear when you are expected not to, and let the people in your regular social space keep guessing.