Do not share every secret you have with a friend, for you know not when they might become an enemy. And do not inflict any harm you can on an enemy, for they might become a friend one day.

A secret you wish to keep hidden, do not share with anyone, even if they are a sincere friend, for that friend also has sincere friends, and so on in a chain.

Silence is better than revealing the secrets of your heart

To someone, while saying 'do not tell anyone'.

O wise one, block the water at its source,

For when it overflows, the stream cannot be stopped.

A word should not be said in private

That cannot be said in public.