Fair speech may hide a foul heart. - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

"I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to"

"The treacherous are ever distrustful."

"There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark."

"Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed."

"The treacherous are ever distrustful."