This quote means that giving your word to someone will have you seen as a good person and people will trust you more well that's how I see it. People these days don't really keep there word and lie a lot and we cant really put are trust in people that much anymore unless there those people who keep there word all the time but many people these days don't. Anyways what this quote tells us is that are word should mean something and not just lies we should keep it and not lie every time. That's what i think this quote is trying to tell us.