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ὅπως τοίνυν ταῦτα μηδεὶς ἀνθρώπων πεύσεται· εἰ δέ μή, οὐδέν σοι κύριον ἔσται τῶν πρὸς ἔμ’ ὡμολογημένων.
Well now, see that nobody in the world gets knowledge of this; otherwise, nothing in your arrangement with me will hold good.
Lysias Speeches 1.21 (334)
ὅρα μὴ ἅμα τῷ κακῷ καὶ αἰσχρὰ ᾖ σοί τε καὶ ἡμῖν.
Take care, Socrates, that these things be not disgraceful, as well as evil, both to you and to us.
Plato Crito 46a (407)

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