He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
SIGMUND FREUD, Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Poor Richard's Almanac, July 1735
Art is a microscope which the artist fixes on the secrets of his soul, and shows to people these secrets which are common to all.
Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.
APHRA BEHN, The Lover's Watch, Four o'clock
Life is filled with secrets. You can't learn them all at once.
DAN BROWN, The Da Vinci Code
Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.
PAUL TOURNIER, quoted in 1000 Pocket Positives: Inspiring Quotations
Old secrets are like old wounds; they fester.
PAUL CHRISTOPHER, The Lucifer Gospel