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

"Fair speech may hide a foul heart."
"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."
"There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark."
"The treacherous are ever distrustful."
"I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to"