Cigar story sends readers up in smoke By Jim Pettit Staff columnist A maxim is defined as a general expression of truth or principle. For example, a popular maxim tells us the early bird catches the worm. But what happens if the worm is late? Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that the early bird catches the early worm? That's the problem with maxims. There is always a catch. Rudyard Kipling's observation - a maxim to some - that ''a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke'' also comes to mind. But how pleasant...