Green are the leaves I leave in Mirkwood.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.

But it seems that the wind is setting East, and the withering of all Woods may be drawing near.

Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.

In doubt a man of worth will trust to his own wisdom.

The dwarves of course are quite obviously, couldn't you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews? Their words are Semitic obviously, constructed to be Semitic. Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects (in general) the small reach of their imagination - not the small reach of their courage or latent power.