There are trees of a thousand sorts, and all have their several fruits; and I feel the most unhappy man in the world not to know them, for I am well assured that they are all valuable. I bring home specimens of them, and also of the land.
No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.
My desire was not to pass any island without taking possession, so that, one having been taken, the same may be said of all.
Each day we understand better what the Indians say, and they us, so that very often we are intelligible to each other.
For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from day to day, as will hereafter appear.
