“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

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!

A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.

I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I’m under the table/After four I’m under my host.

In both business and personal life, I’ve always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.

Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

Going hungry never bothered me – it was having no clothes.

We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food or to be delighted with music or to drink wine.

I’m all over the place with muffins. Carrots are great. Banana, chocolate chip, they rock, too.