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| A secret between two is God’s secret; a secret between three is everybody’s. Spanish. | 1 |
| A secret fire is discovered by the smoke. Catalan. | 2 |
| A secret imparted is no longer a secret. Italian. | 3 |
| A secret is seldom safe in more than one breast. Swift. | 4 |
| A secret once told is no secret at all. Searle. | 5 |
| A man with whom the secrets of a lady are not safe, must be the most contemptible of mortals. Fielding. | 6 |
| Bestow on me what you will so it be none of your secrets. | 7 |
| Conceal not your secret from your friend or you deserve to lose him. Portuguese. | 8 |
| Confide a secret to a dumb man and it will make him speak. Livonian. | 9 |
| Do not disclose your secret to your wife nor trust your enemy at any time. Tamil. | 10 |
| Do not speak of secret matters in a field that is full of little hills. Hebrew. | 11 |
| Do not tell your secrets behind a wall or a hedge. Spanish. | 12 |
| He has let the cat out of the bag; i.e., exposed the secret. | 13 |
| He who keeps his own secret avoids much mischief. Spanish. | 14 |
| He who revealeth his secret makes himself a slave. | 15 |
| He who telleth his own secret will hardly keep another’s. Italian, Spanish. | 16 |
| If my shirt knew my design I’d burn it. | 17 |
| If you want to know secrets seek for them in trouble or in pleasure. Spanish. | 18 |
| If you would teach secrecy to others begin with yourself. | 19 |
| It is wise not to seek a secret and honest not to reveal it. | 20 |
| No man is required to tell his own secrets. Dr. Johnson. | 21 |
| No secrets but between two. | 22 |
| Nothing is so burdensome as a secret. French. | 23 |
| Oil and water, woman and a secret, are hostile properties. Bulwer. | 24 |
| Secrets travel fast in Paris. Napoleon. | 25 |
| Tell your secret to your servant and you make him your master. | 26 |
| The bosoms of the wise are the tombs of secrets. Oriental. | 27 |
| The only way to keep a secret is to say nothing. French. | 28 |
| The secret of two is God’s secret; the secret of three is everybody’s secret. French. | 29 |
| There is no secret time will not reveal. | 30 |
| There is nothing so secret but it transpires. Dutch. | 31 |
| Three are too many to keep a secret, and two too few to be merry. | 32 |
| Three know it, all know it. Italian. | 33 |
| Thy secret is thy prisoner; if thou let it go, thou art a prisoner to it. | 34 |
| To a woman and a magpie tell your secrets in the market-place. Spanish. | 35 |
| To him that you tell your secret you resign your liberty. | 36 |
| To tell our secrets is often folly; to communicate those of others is treachery. Rambler. | 37 |
| Unless you wish your enemy to know your secret tell it not to your friend. Turkish. | 38 |
| Where you tell your secret you surrender your freedom. Portuguese. | 39 |
| Would you know secrets search for them in grief or pleasure. | 40 |
| Your secret is your property. Rothschild. | 41 |
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