Sebassis: The Circle does not abide secrets.
Angel: Which is interesting for a "secret society".
Angel: Which is interesting for a "secret society".
— Angel, "Not Fade Away"
"Here in the Federation, you refer to the Tal Shiar as the Romulan secret police. But it's a bit redundant. You could put the word "secret" in front of almost any aspect of Romulan culture. I have heard, and I have reason to believe, that the Tal Shiar is merely a mask worn by another, far older cabal. That before the Tal Shiar, there was the Zhat Vash."
— Laris, Star Trek: Picard, "Maps and Legends"
Dean: [lifting a scimitar from a display stand] This stuff is awesome, and it looks like they ran a real tight outfit here, but I'm just saying, you know, don't, uh, don't think that they knew some big secrets that we don't know.
Sam: Dean... they were a secret society.
Dean: Which means that they made crap up and wore fezzes and sashes and swung around scimitars. They probably didn't even sharpen— [Dean runs his finger along the blade and cuts himself] That's very sharp.
— Supernatural, "Everyone Hates Hitler"
