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...