Tolkien Proverbs

'The Proverbs of Middle-earth' came out 6 months before my publisher folded, so since then I’ve self-published, dependent on word of mouth. It’s done well. My original goal was to sell 2000 – I’m now at 3595. Buy one! Direct or via Amazon. goo.gl/i26f4x

Hope oft deceives... yet twice blessed is help unlooked for. ÉOMER.

Great heart will not be denied. THÉODEN.

Too late is worse than never. NARRATOR [MERRY's thoughts].

The morning will bring new things. WÍDFARA.

Need brooks no delay, yet late is better than never. ÉOMER.

Strike wherever the enemy gathers. THÉODEN.

What we shall achieve only tomorrow will show. THÉODEN.

Our Enemy’s devices oft serve us in his despite. ÉOMER.

Dead men are not friends to living men, and give them no gifts. GHÂN.

Wild Men have long ears and long eyes; know all paths. GHÂN.

Wild Men are wild, free, but not children. GHÂN.

A traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend. GANDALF.

Let all who fight the Enemy in their fashion be at one. DENETHOR.

Much must be risked in war. DENETHOR.

Ifs are vain. DENETHOR.

Counsels may be found that are neither the webs of wizards nor the haste of fools. DENETHOR.

In desperate hours gentleness may be repaid with death. DENETHOR.

Good will should not be denied. ÉOWYN.

Where will wants not, a way opens. ÉOWYN.

In the morning counsels are best, and night changes many thoughts. THÉODEN.