Odin from The Sayings of the High One (Hávamâl) and Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241 CE)
“All doorways
before entering
gave into caefully;
one never knows
where on the benches
enemies are sitting.”
- Hávamál in The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson, translated by Jesse Byock (Penguin Classics, 2005).