Words similar to aphorism

Example sentences for: aphorism

How can you use “aphorism” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

So, runs one folk aphorism, Something mus' [be] wrong with marriage if [a] priest ha[ve] to bless it!
And that is exactly how he has been perceived--as the cool, cruel master of aphorism.
He also included an aphorism of his own: "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop."
He backs it up with an aphorism from Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, pioneer of teratology, who proclaimed: “There are no monsters and Nature is one.”
Many years ago, the editor of this magazine, who was then the editor of the New Republic , coined an aphorism for political influence peddlers who defended their shady methods on the grounds that they didn't violate the law.