I believe the correct answer is the first option - <span>“Who has not, a hundred times, found himself committing a vile or a silly action, for no other reason than because he knows he should not?” It seems to me that through this sentence the author is trying to justify whatever bad thing happened. He wants us to understand that anybody can make such a mistake so that we shouldn't judge so fast. </span>
Devise means "plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought." by definition, meaning that devise means to come up with a plan.
