"An unwise man thinks he’ll live forever if he can avoid fighting, but old age will give him no peace, even if spears spare his life." - Hávamál, Stanza 16

"A fool stays awake all night worrying about everything. He’s fatigued when the morning comes, and his problems remain unsolved." - Hávamál, Stanza 23

“Cattle die, and kinsmen die. And so oneself must die; But there's one thing that never dies, The reputation carried by dead men.” - Hávamál, Stanza 78

"If you want to be very wise, be happy at home, and cheerful with a guest​. Cultivate wisdom, a good memory, and eloquence, and speak kind words often. You’ll be called a fool if you can’t say much — that’s the mark of the unwise" - Hávamál, Stanza 103

"It is better not to pray at all than to pray for too much; nothing will be given that you won't repay. It is better to sacrifice nothing than to offer too much." - Hávamál, Stanza 145

"Fear not death for the hour of your doom is set and none may escape it." - Saga of the Volsungs, c.5

"It is better to fight and fall than to live without hope." - The Saga of the Volsungs, c.12.

"We often regret saying too much and seldom regret saying too little" - The saga of Freysgothi, c.7.

"There is more honor in accumulating little by little than in reaching for the sky and ending up flat on your face." - Vatnsdæla Saga, c.7

"Wisdom is welcome wherever it comes from." - Bandamanna Saga, c.10

"Better a brief spell of honour than a long rule of shame." - Laxdaela Saga, c.29

"Where fault can be found, the good is ignored." - Njal’s Saga