Here'm what we got so far, collected so Faldage can keep em and everyone else can let the old thread die
it needed killin'!"It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right" quoth tsuwm in Mark Twain’s words.
So a small challenge if anyone cares to try:
Make up a maxim which has no obvious meaning yet preferably sounds like it should have one, hovering just out of our grasp!
Strive never to create any formula or rules by which to live.
Belligerent YouthOnly the unexamined life is worth living.
wwhThere is more to be found in a cloud than in all the works of man.
FaldageIt's a legless dog that leaves no tracks.
maverickBeware of chickens in the woods.
JackieA good friend makes a bad enemy
FlatlanderHe who goeth before a fall casts pride before swine.
AnnaStrophicA penny saved is a waste of time.
wwhHe is the fool who tries to outrun the sound of light.
JazzoctopusA young yak won't catch a rattlesnake.
BingleySense does not chicken.
doc comfortOut of the frying pan, into the microwave.
Rhubarb CommandoA maxim is what you make it.
WhitmanO’NeillAnastrophically, a maxim.
Max QuordlepleenOne should not use the shotgun approach to creating maxims.
TEd RemingtonA maxim in nine saves time ...
Capital KiwiIf at first you don't succeed, suc harder.
GeoffMy calendar has many tassels.
FaldageToo many lemons flatten the checkbook.
ConsueloMen flatten earth, women flatten worth.
TeresaGBe not the butter monger, spreading affection abroad in varicose embrace
inselpeterIf twineing don't fibble, if fibbling don't twine.
milumThe bird of time has but a short way to flutter.
milumThree cumquats do not a webbed foot make.
inselpeterTell not the blind man selling jellies in the market the sound of passing boys is mischief.
inselpeterIt's better to suck a sour cherry than carry an empty envelope on your back.
maverickTwice naught is plenty.
inselpeterA bird in the thyme saves nine.
KeivaThe speedy spider spins a long thread but throws a short shadow.
maverickFalling stars give grape moments.
JackieDays pasted can't be wasted.
inselpetercat fights reach lowly heights.
inselpeter(though personally I would disqualify a couple on the grounds they are
far too close to being
THE TRUTH)