More quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

"The treacherous are ever distrustful."
"Fair speech may hide a foul heart."
"There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark."
"He never had any real hope in the affair from the beginning;but being a cheerful hobbit he had not needed hope,as long as despair could be postponed."
"I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory."