Njal's Saga

"[Njal] said, 'Where are you going, Skarphedin?' 'To look for your sheep,' he said. Njal said, 'You wouldn't be armed if you planned that, so it must be something else.' 'We're going salmon-fishing, father, if we don't find the sheep,' he said. 'If that's so, then it would be a good thing if the prey didn't slip away,' said Njal."

"‘Give me some good advice,’ said Gunnar. ‘I shall,’ said Njal. ’Never kill more than once in the same family; and never break any settlement which good men make between you and others - particularly if you have disregarded the first of these warnings.'"

"‘It is no breach of settlement,’ said Njal, ‘for a man to have lawful dealings with another. With laws shall our land be built up but with lawlessness laid waste.’"