"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…"

"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."

"They are so ingenuous and free with all they have, that no one would believe it who has not seen it; of anything they have, if you ask them for it, they never say no; rather, they invite you to share …"

"Gold is most excellent; gold constitutes treasure; and he who has it may do what he will in the world."

"I have always read that the world was spherical."