"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their monotonous lives, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, on the wings of the wind."

"It is not necessary to be a horse to be a good jockey."

"It is not necessary to be a genius to be an inventor."

"The machine is a thing of life, and will respond to the touch of the hand."

"We do not believe that the difficulties are insurmountable, and we are confident that we shall yet succeed."