Deyr fé,
deyja frændur,
deyr sjálfur ið sama;
ek veit einn at aldri deyr
dómr um dauðan hvern.

Cattle die,
friends die,
and the same with you;
but I know of something that never dies
and that's a person's deeds.

Hávamál: Gestaþáttr

Viking Proverb