Every time thief steals, he steals from his own peace, from his own honour! No man is as poor as a rich thief!
The difference between a thief and a congressman: When a thief steals your money, he doesn't expect you to thank him.
Man is a thief, an impudent thief! He steals honey from bees, eggs from chickens, milk from cows and life from the God!
The sun is a thief: she lures the sea and robs it. The moon is a thief: he steals his silvery light from the sun. The sea is a thief: it dissolves the moon.
A plagiarist steals from one person. A true artist steals from everybody.
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.
A person who steals bread during a famine is not treated as a thief.
Anger is a thief who steals away the nice moments.
The thief you must fear the most is not the one who steals mere things.
Not everybody's the perfect person in the world. I mean everyone kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me, whatever. I think that people need a second chance.
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely stole everything that was not nailed down, but this thief stole the nails as well.
The politician who steals is worse than a thief. He is a fool. With all the grand opportunities around for the man with a political pull, there's no excuse for stealin' a cent.
When someone steals a person's clothes, we call him a thief. Should we not also give the same name to the one who could clothe the naked but does not?
Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled.
If some beggar steals a bridle he'll be hung by a man who's stolen a horse. There's no surer justice in the world than that which makes the rich thief hang the poor one.