Quotes by J. Tolkien

• 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.
• Courage is found in unlikely places.
• Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
• Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
• A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.
• I am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.
• 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.
• If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
• It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
• It's the job that's never started takes longest to finish.
• Not all who wander are lost.
• Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
• Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no.