82. In the wind one should hew wood, In a breeze row out to sea, In the dark talk with a lass, Many are the eyes of day. In a ship voyages are to be made, But a shield is for protection, A sword for striking, But a damsel for a kiss. 83. By the fire one should drink beer, On the ice slide; Buy a horse that is lean, A sword that is rusty; Feed a horse at home, But a dog at the farm. 84. In a maiden’s words No one should place faith, Nor in what a woman says; For on a turning wheel Have their hearts been formed, And guile in their breasts been laid. 85. In a creaking bow, A burning flame, A yawning wolf, A chattering crow, A grunting swine, A rootless tree, A waxing wave, A boiling kettle, 86. A flying dart, A falling billow, A one night’s ice, A coiled serpent, A woman’s bed-talk Or a broken sword, A bear’s play Or a royal child, 87. A sick calf, A self-willed thrall, A flattering prophetess, A corpse newly slain, A serene sky, A laughing lord, A barking dog And a harlot’s grief, 88. An early-sown field, Let no one trust, Nor prematurely in a son: Weather rules the field, And wit the son, Each of which is doubtful. 89. A brother’s murderer, Though on the high-road met, A half-burnt house, An over-swift horse (A horse is useless If a leg be broken): No man is so confiding As to trust any of these. 90. Such is the love of women, Who falsehood meditate, As if one drove not rough-shod On slippery ice, A spirited two-year-old And unbroken horse; Or as in a raging storm A helmless ship is beaten; Or as if the halt were set to catch A reindeer in the thawing fell.[14] 91. Openly I now speak, Because I both sexes know; Unstable are men’s minds toward women; ’Tis then we speak most fair, When we most falsely think: That deceives even the cautious.