Aphorism is a statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner. The term is often applied to philosophical, moral and literary principles.
Let us look at some aphorism examples:
Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old age regret. [Benjamin Disraeli]
Pride hath fall. [Proverb]
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. [William Faulkner]
Life’s Tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. [Benjamin Franklin]
Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream. [Khalil Gibran]
The simplest questions are the hardest to answer. [Northrop Frye]
A proverb is no proverb to you till life has illustrated it. [John Keats]
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. [Rudyard Kipling]