I '11 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. Life's uncertain voyage