'Opportunity makes a thief’ was stated by-

- Francis Bacon is the Father of English Essay and Father of Modern Prose. - His famous quotations:- Revenge is a kind of wild justice.- Wonder is the seed of knowledge.- Opportunity makes a thief.- It is impossible to love and be wise.- History makes man wise.- Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.- Studies serve for delight, for ornament and for ability.- Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested of studies.- Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, written an exact man.- The secret of success is the constancy of purpose.- Unmarried men are best friends, best Masters, best servants but not always best subjects.- Old wood best to burns, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old author to read.Source: Website Lecture and The Oxford Dictionary of Quotation.