Smaug

"I am the master of all I survey."

"Gold has taught me all I need to know of men's hearts."

"My breath is death, my shadow is despair."

"There is beauty in absolute power."

"I have no need for peace when I have dominion."

"Your struggles amuse me, though they tire me not."

"I am the measure by which all strength is judged."

"Time bends to my will, not the reverse."

"I would rather reign over ashes than share a throne."

"Your kind believes in such things as honor. How quaint."

"The treasure will outlast you all."

"I have no father, no mother, no family but my gold."

"Every atom of this mountain is known to me."

"Your imagination cannot conjure my true magnificence."

"I am the shadow that darkness fears."

"Kindness is the luxury of the weak."

"I have watched your kind build and watched it crumble."

"There is no justice save what I determine."

"The strongest of you are still as insects before me."

"I need no education, for I have lived through ages."

"Your technology is nothing compared to my fire."

"I am the inspiration for all tales of terror."

"Faith in your gods will not save you from my wrath."

"My work is destruction, and I am unmatched in my craft."

"Gratitude is meaningless when one has everything."

"Art pales before the perfection of my form."

"Science cannot explain the magic of my longevity."

"The music of your screams is all I need to hear."

"I am both question and answer to all philosophy."

"War is my natural state, and I excel in it."