epigram

noun

Etymology: From Middle French epigramme, from Latin epigramma, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγραμμα (epígramma, “inscription”).

1. An inscription in stone.
2. A brief but witty saying.
3. A short, witty or pithy poem.

   “The second has written a sonnet upon the mutability of woman, And the third writes an epigram to Candidia.”