"I am often called upon to be a sort of scientific interpreter."

"The Analytical Engine is a thinking machine, not a mere calculator."

"Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently. It is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us, the worlds of Science."

"My brain is more than merely mortal; as time unfolds, it will be seen."

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