commandment vs maxim

commandment

noun
  • The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law. 

  • A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments. 

maxim

noun
  • A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching. 

How often have the words commandment and maxim occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )