Never confide in anyone unless you are sure that he will respect your
confidence and will not turn to his own advantage what you have said to him.

> ‘I just happened mention to this chap in the pub that I’d forgotten to lock
up the silver before I came out, and when I got back home later in the
evening, the house had been broken into and all the silver was gone.’

> ‘That’s your own silly fault. Never give secrets away to strangers in pubs.
It’s a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.’

##### See also:

* Never tell your enemy that your foot aches