My work is a matter of fundamental sounds (no joke intended) made as fully as possible, and I accept responsibility for nothing else. If people want to have headaches among the overtones, let them. And provide their own aspirin.
Watt had watched people smile and thought he understood how it was done.
People are bloody ignorant apes.
Humbly to ask a favour of people who are on the point of knocking your brains out sometimes produces good results.
We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?