"I do not think I have ever been so much interested in any subject. It is so very curious, and seems to open up such entirely new views of things."

"I believe myself to be a rare combination of the imaginative faculty and the mathematical faculty, which is rare, and therefore valuable."

"My mind is a restless sea, always seeking new shores."

"The Analytical Engine is an instrument which can give results of any degree of complexity, and with any degree of accuracy."

"It is an error to suppose that the Analytical Engine has for its object to perform calculations only."