Silas Weir Mitchell

"The first thing to be done by a biographer in estimating character is to examine the stubs of his victims cheque-books."

"I must have told my story ill if to every physician who hears me its illustrations have not the invigorating force of moral tonics."

"Death’s but one more to-morrow."

"When youth was lord of my unchallenged fate, And time seemed but the vassal of my will, I entertained certain guests of state— The great of older days."