And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or for a few lives of Men, or for a passing age of the world.

It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, theres no knowing where you might be swept off to.

I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.

I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them.

It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly.

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.