Not all those who wander are lost.
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.
Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.
Courage is found in unlikely places.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.
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.
Short cuts make long delays.
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.
So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!
A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.
Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.
Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
