Uninspired last words:

• “Peter, take good care of my horse.” — Winfield Scott
• “Have you brought the checkbook, Alfred?” — Samuel Butler
• “Take away those pillows — I shall need them no more.” — Lewis Carroll
• “You heard me, Mike.” — John Barrymore
• “I haven’t drunk champagne for a long time.” — Chekhov
• “I can’t sleep.” — James M. Barrie
• “Moose. Indian.” — Thoreau
• “I’ve never felt better.” — Douglas Fairbanks
• “The nourishment is palatable.” — Millard Fillmore

Told jokingly that he had drunk a dose of ink by mistake, Sydney Smith said, “Then bring me all the blotting paper there is in the house.”