James Watt — "I would rather face a loaded cannon than settle a disputed account or make a bar…"

"I would rather face a loaded cannon than settle a patent dispute."

"In the mean time do all you can to cure him of Bashfullness which will ruin him in this impudent age; but beware he be not led into the opposite vice of self conceit or arrogance which is 1000 times w…"

"I sell here, Sir, what all the world desires to have—POWER."

"Dr Priestly (sic) was once very ill with gall stones & was cured by abstinence from Butcher meat. ... fish & vegetables & butter or fat did not hurt him when taken in moderation, but his Doctors must …"

"I can think of nothing else than this machine."