Roget's Thesaurus

#496. Maxim

Nouns

maxim, aphorism; apothegm, apophthegm; dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb; sentence, mot [Fr.], motto, word, byword, moral, phylactery, protasis. axiom, theorem, scholium, truism, postulate. first principles, a priori fact, assumption (supposition) 514. reflection etc. (idea) 453; conclusion etc. (judgment) 480; golden rule etc. (precept) 697; principle, principia [Lat.]; profession of faith etc. (belief) 484; settled principle, accepted principle, formula. accepted fact. received truth, wise maxim, sage maxim, received maxim, admitted maxim, recognized maxim etc.; true saying, common saying, hackneyed saying, trite saying, commonplace saying etc.

Adjectives

aphoristic, proverbial, phylacteric; axiomatic, gnomic.

Adverbs

as the saying goes, as the saying is, as they say.