Possible Clues:

• Man burdened by tool briefly, a saw
• Principle; assumption
• Man, following a kiss, accepted proposition
• Accepted postulate
• 'He who laughs last...' et al.
• Saw at 10.10 in the morning
• Maxim - truism
• Man on American chopper saw ...
• Self-evident truth for a number on the island
• ''Crime does not pay,'' e.g.