“For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”

I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.

There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.

Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.

Fair speech may hide a foul heart.

Never laugh at live dragons.

The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.

I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.

I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.

Not all those who wander are lost.

False hopes are more dangerous than fears.

I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

The road goes ever on and on

May the hair on your toes never fall out!

I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.

Success isn’t about the end result; it’s about what you learn along the way.

What really counts are good endings, not flawed beginnings.

God, in His wisdom, has so linked the whole human family together that any violence done at one end of the chain is felt throughout its length.

We are in truth but pieces on this chess board of life, which in the end we leave, only to drop one by one into the grave of nothingness.

Equality, absolutely, that’s what defines us. It’s what makes us great. If it doesn’t sit well with your religion, let your God sort it out in the end, but that’s us. We’re equal.

People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.

The good is the end toward which all things tend.

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.