An open door may tempt a saint. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Boys will be boys.
- Forbidden fruit is sweet.
- Am I my brother's keeper?
- Honour to whom honour is due.
- He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.
- He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf.
- He that makes himself an ass, must not take it ill, if men ride him.
- When God will punish, he will first take away the understanding.
- Rub a galled horse on the back and he will wince.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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Opportunity makes the thief.
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How can the cat help it if the maid be a fool.
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He that shows his purse, longs to be rid of it.
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A bad padlock invites a picklock.
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The hole calls the thief.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Occasio facit furem.
Opportunity makes a thief.
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Facit ipsa occasio furem.
The opportunity itself makes a thief.
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Tunc fit fur homo, cum rem audet atque locum.
Then a man becomes a thief, when he dares the matter and the place.
French
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L'occasion fait le larron.
Opportunity knocks.
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Brebis mal gardée du loup est tôt happée.
The wolf's poorly guarded sheep is soon snatched up.
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Le trou et l'occasion invitent le larron.
The hole and the opportunity invite the thief.
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En coffre ouvert le juste pèche.
In open trunks, the righteous sin.
German
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Gelegenheit macht Diebe.
Opportunity makes the thief.
Czech
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Příležitost dělá zloděje.
Opportunity makes the thief.
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Kde sláma a oheň blízko sebe leží, rádo hoří.
Where straw and fire lie close together, they like to burn.
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Co se nevidí, to se nekrade.
What is not seen is not stolen.
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Na přikryté mléko kočky nechodí.
Cats don't go on covered milk.