"Since I have come to this land, I have not eaten bread, nor drunk wine, nor slept in a bed, nor have I been able to hear Mass, nor have I seen a priest."

"There is no room for cowards on this enterprise."

"Santiago! Santiago!"

"I would rather have one room full of gold than a hundred of their temples."

"No man should think of going forward in the expedition, who could not do so with his whole heart, or who had the least misgiving as to its success."