"They think we are gods, and I will not disillusion them."

"I would burn my ships again if it meant another Mexico."

"I came to get rich, not to till the soil like a peasant."

"I have seen more wonders in this land than in all the tales of Amadís."

"It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of things never heard of, seen or dreamed of before."