Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because 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, and not I who robbed.” ~ Matthew Henry (1662-1714) Welsh-English nonconformist minister, authorSource: Arnold Gingrich, Coronet, Volume 17 (1944), which characterizes the quote as a diary entry.