Possible Clues:

• 'Time heals all wounds' and others
• Many clichés
• 'Time is money' and 'Knowledge is power'
• A daughter taking a long time to offer wise sayings
• Proverbs: saws
• 'Poor Richard's Almanack' collection
• 'What goes up must come down' and others
• 'Poor Richard's Almanack' filler
• Declines to go after circular saws
• Some almanac entries