Zoe took no notice of this droll apothegm. Her hands began to work. "What shall I do!" she said. "What shall I do!"英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
I dared make no retort to Zenobia's concluding apothegm. In truth, I admired her fidelity. It gave me a new sense of Hollingsworth's native power, to discover that his influence was no less potent with this beautiful woman here, in the midst of artificial life, than it had been at the foot of the gray rock, and among the wild birch-trees of the wood-path, when she so passionately pressed his hand against her heart. The great, rude, shaggy, swarthy man! And Zenobia loved him!英文原著 · 《The Blithedale Romance》
By the firelight and the twilight, the Young Lady is finishing a letter to Herbert,--writing it, literally, on her knees, transforming thus the simple deed into an act of devotion. Mandeville says that it is bad for her eyes, but the sight of it is worse for his eyes. He begins to doubt the wisdom of reliance upon that worn apothegm about absence conquering love.英文原著 · 《The Complete Writings-1》
AI 补充例句（附中文翻译）
Haste makes waste" is a classic apothegm that still holds true in modern business.
The professor punctuated his lecture with many a witty apothegm about the nature of life.
She often quoted the ancient apothegm that actions speak louder than words to her students.