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