For your consideration:

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. Mae West (1892 - 1980)

There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator (1897)
I can resist anything but temptation. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act I