I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size

Farewell! O Gandalf! May you ever appear where you are most needed and least expected!

Do not spoil the wonder with haste!

Help means ruin and saving means slaying.

You ought not to be rude to an eagle, when you are only the size of a hobbit, and are up in hid eyrie at night!

That was Thorin's style. He was an important dwarf. If he had been allowed, he would probably have gone on like this until he was out of breath, without telling anyone there anything that was not known already. But he was rudely interrupted.

Elves and Dragons! Cabbages and potatoes are better for me and you. Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll land in trouble too big for you. ~Hamfast Gamgee (the Gaffer)