“This recalls Oscar Wilde's aphorism that in matters of great import, style is always more important than substance.”

“This pithy aphorism graphically tells us the sad state of affairs on the roads of India.”

“Many blogs feature in their heading a maxim, aphorism, saying, adage, axiom, saw, proverb, epigram or precept.”

“As an aphorist, Cullen is hard to beat and his supple and punning use of text puts the lie to the whole unthinking bad boy concept.”

“He was at best merely an aphorist, and at worst an opportunist who used selective silence as a means of self-promotion.”

“The aphorist read himself so well, that to juggle with himself was a necessity.”

“This was one of the reasons that people spent more time making up pithy aphorisms and witty epigrams.”

“For him, the centrepieces of conversation were aphorisms, epigrams and paradoxes which seemed to trip effortlessly from his honeyed tongue.”

“Holmes was a master of the flip aphorism, but one shouldn't confuse flip aphorisms with legal acumen.”