There are some things which are pleasant, but not good, as youthful lusts and worldly delights. These bees carry honey in their mouths but they have a sting in their tails. When Jael brings forth her milk and her butter, then beware of the nail and the hammer. Death is in the pot while you are tasting the soup.
The world always presents a deadly potion in the gilded cup of worldly pleasure. If the cup be sinful, do not taste it; if it be unlawful, carouse not over it. Reason forbids you, either to taste known poison, or to be intoxicated with pleasant wine. The fish is caught upon the hook by leaping at the bait. Sin is like a river, which begins in a quiet spring, but ends in a tumultuous sea.
The Origin of the Organic World – Part One