"I have come to serve at 28 years with this art of navigation."

"I saw no great trees, but many groves of palms, all very green and fair; and the whole island was so green that it was a joy to behold. And I saw no mountains, but some hills and rocks, and all the re…"

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

"Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier."

"I prayed to the most merciful Lord about my heart's great desire, and He gave me the spirit and the intelligence for the task: seafaring, astronomy, geometry, arithmetic, skill in drafting spherical m…"