1. How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book!

2. How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success? Elbert Hubbard 

3. Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. Lord Chesterfield 

4. Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good. Friedrich Nietzsche 

5. Many a man thinks, what he is ashamed to avow ( Samuel Johnson ).

6. Many a man has controlled a murderous rage when he thought of the hot seat.

7. She made pinwheels of the whirling stars that had driven many a man mad.