Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.

Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.

Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.

Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off.

I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe
The bosom of a friend will hold a secret
read more

I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe
The bosom of a friend will hold a secret
Mine own could not contain.

For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither
any thing hid, that shall not be known read more

For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither
any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

When we desire to confine our words, we commonly say they are
spoken under the rose.
read more

When we desire to confine our words, we commonly say they are
spoken under the rose.
- Sir Thomas Browne,

I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.

I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.

For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak
freely: for I am persuaded that none read more

For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak
freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden
from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.

When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who
confided it.

When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who
confided it.

If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to
yourself.

If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to
yourself.