If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

Once suspicion is aroused, everything feeds it.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

For sooner will men hold fire in their mouths than keep a secret.

There is a sickness among tyrants: they cannot trust their friends.

It was funny how I could feel all alone and under surveillance at the same time.

Secrecy lies at the very core of power.

Nothing is hidden from the eyes of the observing world.

If you read somebody’s diary, you get what you deserve.