"‘Tis readily found when the runes thou ask,
made by mighty Gods, known to holy hosts,
and dyed deep red by Odin:
that ’tis wise to waste no words.
"At eve praise the day,
when burned down, a torch,
a wife when bedded, a weapon when tried,
ice when over it, ale when ’tis drunk."
...Odin, 'Hávamál', or 'Words of the High One'.