Silas Weir Mitchell

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

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.

Death’s but one more to-morrow.

Up anchor! Up anchor! Set sail and away! The ventures of dreamland Are thine for a day.

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