| Well, here's the news that proves the maxim every cloud has a silver lining. |
| Perhaps, the gist of it all could be summed up in the old maxim that truth is stranger than fiction. |
| An oft-repeated maxim was that reason and justice are to be accorded more regard than mere texts. |
| Appearances are deceptive and this maxim gets the full treatment at this point. |
| We could get but one bridle here, which, according to the maxim detur digniori, was appropriated to Dr. Johnson's sheltie. |
| Willan, with all his erudition, was a dermatologist, and acted on the maxim that there is nothing like leather. |
