Benjamin Franklin Secret Quotations

By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources

To whom you betray your secret you sell your liberty.

Let thy discontents be thy secrets

If you have a secret and tell someone everyone will know. You can only keep a secret if you don't tell anyone.

Let thy discontents be thy secrets; if the world knows them 'twill despise thee and increase them.

Strange secrets are let out by Death Who blabs so oft the follies of this world.

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can; to hearken to what is said and to answer to the purpose.

Three can keep a secret if two are dead.

To whom thy secret thou dost tell, To him thy freedom thou dost sell

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