Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed That sets his doors wide open to a thief, And shows the felon where his treasure lies?

I have a simple principle for the conduct of life- never to resist an adequate temptation.

Blessed is he who has never been tempted; for he knows not the frailty of his rectitude.

There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

Fancy cream puffs so soon after breakfast. The very idea made one shudder. All the same, two minutes later Jose and Laura were licking their fingers with that absorbed inward look that comes only from whipped cream.

Terrible is the temptation to be good.

Adam was but human - this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent - then he would have eaten the serpent.

Always yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.

While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.