J. R. R. Tolkien Courses Quotations

It's wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.

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

What course am I to take?" "Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight.

Few there were who could change his courses by counsel. None by force.