What he plans he executes.
"Hilda Wade A Woman With Tenacity Of Purpose"
Grant Allen
In many of the variants the Master Thief executes his tricks in order to gain the King's daughter by a sort of Bride Wager.
"Europa's Fairy Book"
Joseph Jacobs
For his own part he dreamt of engraving his own drawings, of being at once the brain which conceives and the hand which executes, in such wise as to obtain new effects of great intensity both as regards perception and touch.
"The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Vol. 2"
Emile Zola