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Thee is a skeleton on every house.
Thee is a skeleton on every house.
Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.
 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things 
which are revealed belong unto us and read more 
 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things 
which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, 
that we may do all the words of this law. 
 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; 
lest the daughters of the Philistines read more 
 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; 
lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters 
of the uncircumcised triumph. 
 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, 
 Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which 
is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine read more 
 Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which 
is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine and anger to 
reveal it.
 [Lat., Arcanum neque tu scrutaveris ullius unquam, commissumve 
teges et vino tortus et ira.] 
 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. 
Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.
Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.
 How can we expect another to keep our secret if we cannot keep it 
ourselves.  
 How can we expect another to keep our secret if we cannot keep it 
ourselves.