35. This I thee counsel tenthly: That thou never trust A foe’s kinsman’s promises, Whose brother thou hast slain, Or sire laid low: There is a wolf In a young son, Though he with gold be gladdened. 36. Strifes and fierce enmities Think not to be lulled, No more than deadly injury. Wisdom and fame in arms A prince not easily acquires, Who shall of men be foremost. 37. This I counsel thee eleventhly: That thou at evil look, What course it may take. A long life, it seems to me, The prince may [not] enjoy; Fierce disputes will arise. Sigurd said: A wiser mortal exists not, and I swear that I will possess thee, for thou art after my heart. She answered: Thee I will have before all others, though I have to choose among all men. And this they confirmed with oaths to each other. Here ends the lay of Sigdrifa. The reader may find some of these rules of _Hávamál_ and _Sigrdrífumál_ somewhat inconsistent with our ideas of a supreme deity; but are not many of these principles laid down in the Odinic morality worthy of a Christian age and of a Christian people, and do they not all reveal a profound knowledge of human nature in all its various phases?