James Watt

The steam engine is a machine which will promote the general welfare of society.

The great object is to make the engine as easily managed as possible.

I have been much engaged in the study of the principles of mechanics.

The steam engine is a machine which will facilitate communication and commerce.

The great object is to make the engine as little liable to derangement as possible.

I have now got the steam engine to a greater degree of perfection than it has ever been before.

I am not a man of business, and I have a great aversion to it.

I have been much out of order of late, and have had a return of my old complaint, the headache.

I have a most disagreeable task before me, that of settling my affairs.

I have been very busy with my engine, and I hope to bring it to perfection.

I have been much engaged in the business of the engine, and have had little time for anything else.

I have been much distressed by the death of my wife.

I have a great desire to be useful to mankind.

I have been much out of spirits of late, and have had little inclination to write.

I have been much occupied with the engine, and have made some improvements.

I have a great aversion to public life, and wish to live in obscurity.

I have been much engaged in the business of the engine, and have had little time for my friends.

I have a great desire to see my son well settled in the world.

I have been much engaged in the business of the engine, and have made some further improvements.

I have a great desire to retire from business, and to live in quiet.