apothegm
- n a short pithy instructive saying
- A favorite apothegm: "I love to study nature because I find on all her open pages the signature of the Creator, my Father.
- Its subject is the continent of Africa; and its strangeness proves once more the truth of an ancient apothegm concerning truth and fiction.
- The framer of this apothegm is the proprietor of both a good restaurant and an unusual personality.