"I only regret my economies"

Last night on Charlie Rose author Reynolds Price told the following story.

On one of his last days at Oxford he visited one of his professors to ask for words of wisdom to take with him as he left.  This professor recounted his mother's last few moments of life.  The professor had gone to visit her.  On her hospital bed she had been unresponsive, so he kissed her on the forehead, turned, and walked across the room to the door.  The door squeaked slightly as he opened it and apparently this was enought to rouse her.

She called out to her son: "Neville".  He stopped and turned.  She had roused herself and propped herself up on her arm.  She said to him: "Remember this - I only regret my economies".