Mary Schmich Quotes

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

Human beings exist that have integrity, that know how to keep their mouth shut, that know the bigger picture, that don't sell out their friends.

I have a few friends that I think would go to bat for me no matter what. Flea is definitely one of them. Guy Oseary is one of them.

Tell never thy counsel to thy foe.

What you would hide from an enemy don't tell a friend.

Three may keep counsel, if two be away.

If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.

Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust with your wife.

Secrecy is the chastity of friendship.

Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.

If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.

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

I treat everyone as a friend, but if they betray me, that's it. They're out of my life in one way or another.

There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the end folk come to put faith in them.

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world.

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.

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

You're supposed to have friends you can tell anything to.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.

Choose your friends wisely, and also choose friends that you can trust.

You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.

Some secrets are meant to be taken to the grave, and that's what I plan on doing with all mine. They're not necessarily my secrets to tell. I'm the gatekeeper of other people's secrets.