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Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no.

Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.

It's the job that's never started takes longest to finish.

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

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 am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

Courage is found in unlikely places.