"The Sultan of this country has a thousand wives, and he treats them all equally."

"They eat human flesh, and they consider it a delicacy."

"Who lives sees, but who travels sees more."

"In Constantinople, I saw a church so large it could hold ten thousand people. The Christians there worship idols, but their buildings are magnificent."

"I saw a man whose body was covered with hair, and he had a tail like a monkey."