There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

A King will have his way in his own hall, be it folly or wisdom.

A traitor may betray himself and do good he does not intend.

Never laugh at live dragons.

It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens,'said Gimli.'Maybe,'said Elrond,'but let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.

Wise men speak only of what they know

There are many things in the deep waters; and seas and lands may change. And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or for a few lives of Men, or for a passing age of the world. We should seek a final end of this menace, even if we do not hope to make one.