If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. — J. R. R. Tolkien. English writer and philologist (1892–1973) , J.R.R. Tolkien. English writer and philologist (1892–1973) Food, Money
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.
I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.