a familiar and wise saying, e.g. 'Beauty is only skin deep'

saying or proverb

a short statement expressing a general truth (usually from a known literary work)

saying expressing a belief, often true

a true statement that is obvious, such as 'All humans are mortal'

principle

a person, place etc regarded and spoken of as a notable example (of a (bad) quality)

saying

an order

directive, instruction

(an) opinion, explanation or criticism in speech or writing about an event, book, state of affairs etc

statement of opinion; explanation

a garden plant with a yellow flower and long narrow leaves, growing from a bulb

saying referring to common fact, knowledge

an order given by a ruler or authority and having the force of a law

mandate, legal order

to say, read, aloud (words to be written down by another or others)

command; rule

an official order

pronouncement, order

any important rule of conduct

law, standard

a short statement offering practical advice based on experience about how to live etc, as in 'Look before you leap'

saying

an official order, rule

law, rule

a generally known truth or belief guiding an activity

law, standard

a popular short saying giving a general truth, usually advice or warning

saying referring to common fact, knowledge

an order, law or custom which guides or controls behaviour or action; a habit; authority; to govern (people, a country etc)

standard, principle of behavior

one of many kinds of tool with a toothed edge, used for cutting wood, metal; to cut (wood) with a saw; of see

proverb

a short, well-known phrase, remark etc

maxim, proverb

(a statement by judge etc of) a punishment; a set of words used to form a statement, question, command etc and, when written, beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark)

punishing decree

something that is stated, especially a formal announcement; a list of money spent, received, owned etc

declaration, assertion

a statement with logical or mathematical reasoning shows to be true

explanation based on hypothesis and experiments