No Indian prince has to his palace
More followers than a thief to the gallows.

No Indian prince has to his palace
More followers than a thief to the gallows.

A kleptomaniac is a person who helps himself because he can't help himself.

A kleptomaniac is a person who helps himself because he can't help himself.

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief

He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief

'Tis bad enough in man or woman
To steal a goose from off a common;
But surely read more

'Tis bad enough in man or woman
To steal a goose from off a common;
But surely he's without excuse
Who steals a common from the goose.

--To live
On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces,
Gallant in steeds; splendid in banquets; read more

--To live
On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces,
Gallant in steeds; splendid in banquets; all
Not yours. Given, uninherited, unpaid for;
This is to be a trickster; and to filch
Men's art and labour, which to them is wealth,
Life, daily bread;--quitting all scores with "friend,
You're troublesome!" Why this, forgive me,
Is what, when done with a less dainty grace,
Plain folks call "Theft."

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face

I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less read more

I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.

Set a thief to catch a thief

Set a thief to catch a thief