maxim

In theatre, we have a maxim: "Take the note.

Until we find such a steward, I think we should follow the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" maxim.

Really, it's just a re-hash of the ancient maxim that "women grow old; men grow distinguished".

How then can we make sense of the maxim "a business should maximize shareholder value"?

There is a very valid reason why managers are normally somewhat aloof from their staff - it is wise to remember the maxim that it is often lonely at the top.

The maxim "everyone belongs to everyone else" is repeated often, and the idea of a "family" is considered pornographic.

The problem is the kids who never properly learn the distinction between playing and hitting-- and worst of all, those who learn it by the maxim that "If you hit your brother, I'll hit you even harder.

He asks, however, whether his maxim of neglect of his natural gifts, besides agreeing with his inclination to indulgence, agrees also with what is called duty.

The maxim is simply "if you're really interested in fire trucks, and you can afford one, then you can buy one," and there's no problem with it becoming a "universal law," because very few people will be that interested in fire trucks.

The principle of least privilege is a nice maxim, but there's a cost to figuring out exactly what the least privilege is, and there's a cost to giving someone too little privilege -- downtime when they can't fix something they're supposed to fix.

In certain kinds of businesses—especialy those owned by a large number of shareholders—the interests of the owners may generally conflict, but they can usually agree on one thing: maximize the value of the company.