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I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

Temptation is a woman’s weapon and man’s excuse.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

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

Temptation to behave is terrible.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

‘Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.