"I am a mathematician and a metaphysician."

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

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

"I consider myself a kind of scientific explorer, venturing into uncharted territory."

"The Analytical Engine is the only thing that will ever be able to do justice to the great and complicated calculations of the universe."