Aragorn: Seeing our idols destroyed is punishment, but a worse fate follows.

Aragorn speaking of Wormtongue (The Two Towers):

"Fate has not been kinder to him than he deserves. The sight of the ruin of all that he thought strong and magnificent must have been almost punishment enough. But I fear that worse awaits him."

Aragorn: Only a fool believes that something cannot be true because it is legendary...

From The Two Towers:

‘Halflings!’ laughed the Rider that stood beside Éomer. ‘Halflings! But they are only a little people in old songs and children’s tales out of the North. Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?’

‘A man may do both,’ said Aragorn. ‘For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!’