"I am a passionate creature, and I cannot be content with anything less than the best."

"I am a firm believer in the importance of accuracy in all things."

"It is desirable to guard against the possibility of exaggerated ideas being formed as to the powers of the Analytical Engine."

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

"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."