“I can resist anything except temptation.”

“The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.”

“resist nothing but temptation”

“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, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful.”

“To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.”

“Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.”

“If I could get back my youth, I'd do anything in the world except get up early, take exercise or be respectable.”