“The wise speak only of what they know”

“Wise men speak only of what they know”

“Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.”

“Oft it may be chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were heedful for the wise to know.”

“Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.”

“We are lost, lost,' said Gollum. 'No name, no business, no Precious, nothing. Only empty. Only hungry; yes, we are hungry. A few little fishes, nasty bony little fishes, for a poor creature, and they say death. So wise they are; so just, so very just”

“Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.”