"The people of the Sahara Desert are very poor, and they live like beasts."

"The Great Khan has a vast palace all roofed with gold and silver, and decorated with dragons and beasts and birds."

"I speak and speak, [...] but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. [...] It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear."

"And in this country, they have a kind of animal that is like a lion, but it has a horn on its forehead, and it is very fierce."

"They have no money, but they use salt as currency."