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Thief, Thievery: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

He will steal, Sir, an egg out of a cloiste.. What simple thief brags of his own attaint?— C. E. iii. 2.

A plague upon't, when thieves cannot be true to one another!— H. IV. PT. L. ii. 2.

Yet thanks I must you con, That you are thieves profest; that you work not In holier shapes: for there is boundless theft In limited professions.— T. A. v. 3

Rascal thieves, Here's gold: Go, sack the subtle blood of the grape, Till the high fever seeth your blood to froth, And so 'scape hanging: trust not the physician; His antidotes are poison, and he slays More than you rob: take wealth and lives together: Do villany, do, since you profess to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea; the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun: The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears: the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement: each thing's a thief, The law's your curb and whip, in their rough power Have uncheck'd theft. Love not yourselves; away; Rob one another. There's more gold: Cut throats; All that you meet are thieves: To Athens, go,