"The Road goes ever on and onDown from the door where it began.Now far ahead the Road has gone,And I must follow, if I can,Pursuing it with eager feet,Until it joins some larger wayWhere many paths and errands meet.And whither then? I cannot say"
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."
"It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not."
"The world was fair, the mountains tallIn Elder Days before the fall..."
"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."
"It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope."