| dictum(noun, statement, express, truth, principle) |
| aphorism(noun, belief, true, moral, language) |
| adage(noun, commonplace, instruction, language, chestnut) |
| proverb(noun, talk, significance, meaning, statement) |
| motto(noun, expression, idiom, law, rule) |
| maxim(noun, expression, rule, moral, language) |
| saw(noun, verb, talk, wisdom, statement) |
| apothegm(noun, statement, moral, dictate, saw) |
| byword(noun, expression, rule, talk, instruction) |
| axiom(noun, expression, rule, moral, instruction) |
| expression(noun, phrase, idiom, note, sound) |
| truism(noun, moral, truth, commonplace, chestnut) |
| locution(noun, expression, idiom, term) |
| catchword(noun, expression, instruction, axiom, maxim) |
| epigram(noun, significance, meaning, wit, message) |
| moral(noun, significance, meaning, statement, instruction) |
| word(noun, expression, idiom, sound, note) |
| apophthegm(noun, significance, meaning, message, proverb) |
| slogan(noun, expression, idiom, commonplace, clip) |
| utterance(noun, expression, idiom, sound, note) |