Wit and woman are two frail things, and both the frailer…

“Dreams were frail things, when all was said, and loneliness the only certainty.”

— Jan Cox Speas

Friendships, even the best of them, are frail things. One drifts apart.

— Virginia Woolf

A wit should be no more sincere than a woman constant.

— William Congreve

A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty.

— William Congreve

I got hit in the face with a gun. I'm not very fragile at all. It makes me think maybe things would be easier…

— Patty Hearst

God grant that by my persevering labours I may bring a little stone to the frail and ill-assured edifice of our knowledge of those…

— Louis Pasteur

Let us face reality. The framers (of the Constitution) have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed separate institutions…

— James MacGregor Burns

The ultimate act of cowardice is the fat-headed wrestling guy sitting behind the frail kid in math class, clipping him on the ear, saying:…

— Doug Stanhope

The air is like a butterfly With frail blue wings. The happy earth looks at the sky And sings.

— Joyce Kilmer

The biggest myth about aging is that we can't do anything about it. That it's a road to being decrepit, frail, and sick.

— Suzanne Somers

At five in the afternoon. It was exactly five in the afternoon. A boy brought the white sheet at five in the afternoon. A…

— Anonymous

I am frail like everyone else, and I take that into account when I talk about things.

— Carlos Mencia

I’m cold,' Snowden said softly, 'I’m cold.' 'You’re going to be all right, kid,' Yossarian reassured him with a grin. 'You’re going to be…

— Joseph Heller

I'd like to play Ian Paisley, actually. I'd need building up, though he's very frail now.

— Liam Neeson

Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy…

— Naomi Klein