It is wit to pick a lock, and steal a horse, but wisdom to let it alone.

The greater the man, the greater the crime.

There is a black sheep in every flock.

It’s no crime to steal from a thief.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Steal a bell with one’s ears covered.

To violate the law is the same crime in the emperor as in the subject.

It is not the thief who is hanged, but one who was caught stealing.

He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.