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Hovamol

8. Happy the one  who wins for himself Favor and praises fair;Less safe by far  is the wisdom found That is hid in another's heart.
9. Happy the man  who has while he lives Wisdom and praise as well,For evil counsel  a man full oft Has from another's heart.
10. A better burden  may no man bear For wanderings wide than wisdom;It is better than wealth  on unknown ways, And in grief a refuge it gives.
11. A better burden  may no man bear For wanderings wide than wisdom;Worse food for the journey  he brings not afield Than an over-drinking of ale.
12.[1] Less good there lies  than most believe In ale for mortal men;For the more he drinks  the less does man Of his mind the mastery hold.
  1. ↑ Some editors have combined this stanza in various ways with the last two lines of stanza 11, as in the manuscript the first two lines of the latter are abbreviated, and, if they belong there at all, are presumably identical with the first two lines of stanza 10.

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