"I have no doubt that I should be able to bring all the people of this island, and all the other islands, to the knowledge of God, and to the service of Your Highnesses."

"Here are great mines of gold and other metals."

"The people here are simple in war-like matters... I could take them all with 50 men and subjugate them to my will."

"The natives are so naive and free with their possessions that no one who has not witnessed them would believe it."

"Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier."