The Hávamál Norse Mythology Book – Verse 36-37

Better a house, | though a hut it be,

A man is master at home;

A pair of goats | and a patched-up roof

Are better far than begging.

Better a house, | though a hut it be,

A man is master at home;

His heart is bleeding | who needs must beg

When food he fain would have.

-Hávamál v36-37, Bellows translation