Smaug

"The world bows before me, for I am the greatest and the most terrible of creatures."

"Loneliness is the price of grandeur; none can stand beside the mightiest."

"Why should I share my treasure with lesser beings?"

"I remember every piece, every last coin of my hoard."

"Your kind are but insects to be crushed beneath my foot."

"I am eternal; you are but a brief flicker of life."

"There is no escape from my wrath, no hiding place deep enough."

"I earned this treasure through conquest and cunning."

"To be alive is to desire, to desire is to accumulate, to accumulate is to rule."

"I need no counsel, no advice from creatures smaller than myself."

"The very earth trembles at my approach."

"Beauty means nothing—only dominion and wealth matter."

"I am what dreams become when they hunger for power."

"You dare enter my mountain? You dare take from me?"

"Knowledge of weakness is the first step toward exploiting it."

"I do not forgive. I do not forget. I do not spare."

"My fire will consume all that stands against me."

"To rule, one must be feared more than loved."

"Every creature serves a purpose—usually to amuse or feed me."

"I have seen kingdoms crumble to dust; I alone endure."

"The small are useful only for their terror."

"Your promises are worthless, your words empty."

"I have eaten better fare than you dwarves in a hundred years."

"Cleverness is merely another form of weakness in those who lack true power."

"I am not bound by the rules of mortal men."

"My hoard grows daily, each piece a monument to my superiority."

"There is no art finer than the arrangement of my gold."

"I speak truth, and truth bends to my will."

"Your kind are ephemeral; I am eternal."

"To surrender is to admit defeat; I am never defeated."