CONCERNING PROVERBS.

...of a nation or of some person, or even of a living creature. Finally, some significant force of a thing, known to the common people, also made a place for an adage.

From what things novelty may come to a Proverb.

Sometimes the thing itself brings novelty with it: sometimes a figure of speech procures it, such as Metaphor, which is almost always present and embraces many parts; Hyperbole, Enigma, which is nothing other than a more obscure Allegory; Allusion, sometimes ἀκυρία impropriety of a word; Ambiguity, and likewise a novelty of expression, although this very novelty proceeds from the figure. Finally, in proverbs, you will find all the forms of τὸ γελοῖον the ridiculous.

How a Proverb differs from others that seem adjacent to it.

There are, however, certain things related to proverbs: such as γνῶμαι maxims/sententiae, that is, opinions; to...