“Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine and anger to reveal it.” MenSecretWineSecrecyAnother Man Author:Horace
“A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.” MenChanceAttentionSurpriseCommandResolutionSecrecy Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“As soon as man seeks to penetrate the secrets of Nature--in which nothing is secret and it is but a question of seeing--he realizes that the simple produces the supernatural.” MenRealizingSimpleSecretSeeingProduceSecrecyPenetrate Author:Honore de Balzac
“With a woman, always make good use of a secret. She will be proportionally grateful to you, like a scoundrel who grants his respect to an honest man he has been unable to swindle.” MenHas BeensUseSecretHonestGratefulGrantsSecrecyHonest ManScoundrels Author:Honore de Balzac
“Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.” KnowsMenLongDifficultNumbersSecretRegardSecrecy Author:Jean de La Fontaine
“He who trusts a secret to his servant makes his own man his master.” MenSecretMastersServantSecrecy Author:John Dryden