Arthur Helps Quotes

You could care enough to keep a secret, but you could care enough to tell one, too.

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

I will take his secret to the grave, telling people I meet on the way.

Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

Tell no one the secret that you want to keep, although he may be worthy of confidence; for no one will be so careful of your secret as yourself.

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

When you tell a secret - always know it will be told.

When anyone says to me, 'Can you keep a secret?' I say, 'Why should I, if you can't?'

A secret is seldom safe in more than one breast.

One person can keep a secret, but not two.

People who know other people’s secrets can’t afford to do things that impair their ability to control their mouths.

So it’s really best to keep your secrets when you have them, for their own good, as well as yours.

If you have a secret, keep it to yourself.

Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent.

A secret is too little for one, enough for two, and too much for three.

A person who tells a secret, swearing the recipient to secrecy in turn, is asking of the other person a discretion which he is abrogating himself.

It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.

Can you keep secrets? Can you know a thing and never say it again?

There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.

I have never lied, “ Mr. Barris counters, standing as well. “I do not share what I am not at liberty to say. I gave my word and I intend to keep it but I have never lied to you. You never even asked me, you assumed I knew nothing.

I'm good at keeping secrets. My friends always tell me their secrets because I keep them well.

I'm good at keeping secrets.

Traditionally I'm not a very good secret-keeper.

I am literally the worst person at keeping secrets. I'd be the worst spy of all time.