A petty sneaking thief I knew - / O! Mr Cr-, how do you do?

I think plenty of games - from 'Thief' to 'Zelda' - have shown that sneaking around can be fun.

If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of society.

Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.

The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief

What a deformed thief this fashion is