An aphorism is a short pithy instructive saying



"If you climb in the saddle be ready for a ride."

The meaning is that when you get on a horse you must be ready for the things the horse might do.

  I often love to ride horses, and sometimes they take you on a wild ride. I never know when something will spook them or when they will want to join the other galloping horses ahead, but all you can do is just keep balanced and hold on.

"To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing is not boring - it was peace"  - Milan Kundera

The meaning is that sitting with your dog is enjoyable. I often love taking my dogs for walks and enjoying the fresh air while she swims in the pond and I sit on the bank. 

"I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing"

Norman Schwarzkopf

It means that you shouldn't apologize for hunting and fishing just because some people don't like it.

I do enjoy to hunt and fish. Fishing is more enjoyable because its warmer.