For the thief, there
is a certain excitement and freedom from the moral strictures others are
required to observe, but these come with the potential hazard of arrest,
prosecution and punishment. Flaunting society’s rules always brings with it the
possibility of eventual payback. And while it is certainly a better lot in life
overall to be master rather than servant, that role brings with it
responsibilities, decisions and difficulties neither slave nor employee really
has to trouble themselves about.
Though very different, neither master nor thief is always a desirable role to play.