"I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown."

"And I say that Your Highnesses ought to determine to make them Christians, for I believe that if they begin, in a short time they will be finished, and will have great revenues and dominion, and all t…"

"I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy."

"Life has more imagination than we carry in our dreams."

"These people are very unskilled in arms... with fifty men they could all be subjugated and compelled to do anything one wishes."