It is better to be a master in a cottage than servant in a castle.
More Icelandic Proverbs:
One droops before one dies.Icelandic
Cultures are born and die, but the cheese is immortal.
Icelandic
If you travel for a day, take bread for a week.
Icelandic
His door already has the hard part of the journey behind him.
Icelandic
Need is not governed by the law.
Icelandic
Useless wisdom is doulbe foolishness.
Icelandic