I pray you all,
If you have hitherto concealed this sight,
Let it be tenable in your read more

I pray you all,
If you have hitherto concealed this sight,
Let it be tenable in your silence still.
And whatsoever else shall hap to-night,
Give it an understanding but no tongue.

Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say,
Two may keep counsel, putting one away?

Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say,
Two may keep counsel, putting one away?

For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak
freely: for I am persuaded that none read more

For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak
freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden
from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.

Leave in concealment what has long been concealed.
[Lat., Latere semper patere, quod latuit diu.]

Leave in concealment what has long been concealed.
[Lat., Latere semper patere, quod latuit diu.]

Est rosa flos Veneris cujus quo furta laterent.
[Roughly meaning, The discourses of the table among true loving
read more

Est rosa flos Veneris cujus quo furta laterent.
[Roughly meaning, The discourses of the table among true loving
friends are held in strict silence.]

As witnesses that the things were not done in a corner.
- Gen. Thomas Harrison,

As witnesses that the things were not done in a corner.
- Gen. Thomas Harrison,

A secret at home is like rocks under tide.

A secret at home is like rocks under tide.

Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.

Secrets are things we give to others to keep for us.

For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither
any thing hid, that shall not be known read more

For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither
any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.