Do they know the good deeds we have done in secret or the evil we have wished on others?

If one of these people had told you what they hoped to achieve you would have nodded kindly while quietly thinking to yourself that they had no chance.

After you see your dentist, you vow to do better this time, you stay on it for a few days, maybe, and then let it go again, until your next appointment.

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

I now keep the secret to a happy life in mind when selecting topics for research. Editors and conference organizers often invite me to write papers on specific topics of their choosing.