"I believe myself to possess a most singular combination of qualities exactly fitted to make me pre-eminently a discoverer of the hidden realities of nature."

"I have a peculiar way of looking at things, which is sometimes a disadvantage, but sometimes a great advantage."

"The brain is a most wonderful machine, and I have no doubt that it will one day be understood."

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

"The Analytical Engine is a machine of universal application, capable of performing operations on any kind of data."