sutra (n.)

• adage
• ana
• analects
• aphorism
• apothegm
• axiom
• byword
• catchword
• dictate
• dictum
• distich
• epigram
• expression
• gnome
• maxim
• moral
• mot
• motto
• oracle
• phrase
• precept
• prescript
• proverb
• proverbs
• saw
• saying
• sentence
• teaching
• text
• verse
• wisdom
• witticism
• word