dicta

From here on, he was a philosopher, a sage, and his interviews were stuffed full of dicta, parables and eternal paradoxes.

Although such concerns only appear as dicta in Baby Girl, there is no question that they are present.

Sed dicta puella semper fuit opinionis quod opportebat ire Remis.

It might be said of these two societies, as was said of Demosthenes and Themistocles, 'Illius dicta, hujus facta magis valebant.