Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Saying
Say′ing, n. That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.
Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books enrolled. Milton.
Syn. — Declaration; speech; adage; maxim; aphorism; apothegm; saw; proverb; byword.