One’s own house is best, small though it be; at home is every one his own master. Though he but two goats possess, and a straw-thatched cot, even that is better than begging.
Bú er betra þótt lítit sé halr er heima hverr þótt tvær geitr eigi ok taugreptan sal þat er þó betra an bœn
Havamal: 36, Gestaþáttr