To moralize.
Probable but not proved.
Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
Capable of right and wrong action.
Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
The ethical significance or practical lesson.
To provide with a proverb.
To name in, or as, a proverb.
To write or utter proverbs.
A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
A drama exemplifying a proverb.
A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations.
A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.