Hávamál

Bú er betra

þótt lítit sé

halr er heima hverr

þótt tvær geitr

eigi ok taugreptan sal

þat er þó betra an bœn

The dwelling is better,

though it be small;

each man is a free man at home;

though he own two she-goats

and a hall roofed with withies,

it is still better than begging.

from 13th century poem: Havamal