axioms

noun axioms

• adages — a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.
• sayings — something said, especially a proverb or apothegm.
• proverbs — a word that can substitute for a verb or verb phrase, as do in They never attend board meetings, but we do regularly.
• principles — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
• aphorisms — Plural form of aphorism.