What should be kept secret? Advice from wise men. The first thing to keep secret, the sages say, is your far-reaching plans. Keep silent until the plan is fulfilled.
Not only are any of our ideas less than perfect, they have plenty of weaknesses that are very easy to hit and ruin everything.
The second thing the sages recommend is not to share the secret about your charity. A good deed is very rare in this world, and that is why it should be guarded like the apple of your eye.
Don't praise yourself for good deeds. Pride will immediately see and take away all the good that has come as a result of that charity.
