清教徒传教士和圣经评论员马修·亨利（Matthew Henry）在小偷偷了他的钱后发表了这一说法：让我先感激，因为我从未被抢过；其次，尽管他们拿走了我的钱包，但他们没有夺走我的生命。第三，因为尽管他们付出了我的全部，但这并不多。第四，因为我被抢劫而不是我被抢劫。
(Matthew Henry, the Puritan preacher and Bible commentator, made this statement after a thief stole his money: Let me be thankful first because I was never robbed before; second, although they took my purse, they did not take my life; third, because, although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed, not I who robbed.)