| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties | | Division (I) Formation of Ideas | | Section V. Results of Reasoning |
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| 496. Maxim. |
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| NOUN: | MAXIM, aphorism; apothegm or apophthegm; dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb, epigram, gnomic saying, gnome, sentence, mot [Gallicism], motto, word, byword, bromidium [slang], commonplace, moral, phylactery, protasis [rare].
wise -, sage -, received -, admitted -, recognized- maxim &c.; true -, common -, hackneyed -, trite -, common- place- saying &c.
AXIOM, theorem, scholium, truism, postulate.
PRINCIPLE, principia; profession of faith (belief) [See Belief]; settled principle, formula; reflection (idea) [See Idea]; conclusion (judgment) [See Judgment]; golden rule (precept) [See Precept].
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| ADJECTIVE: | APHORISTIC, aphorismic, aphorismatic, proverbial, phylacteric; axiomatic or axiomatical, gnomic or gnomical.
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| ADVERB: | as the saying is, as they say, as it was said by them of old.
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| QUOTATION: | Full of wise laws and modern instances.—As You Like It |
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