For we were little Christian children and early learned the value of forbidden fruit

The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become

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.

I deal with temptation by yielding to it

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

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.