We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure.

He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.

Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve.

I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.

For I assure Your Majesty that if God had not mysteriously assisted us and the victory had gone to Narváez, it would have been the greatest harm that Spaniards had done to each other for a long time past.

The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered with mats and kept very clean.

The priests are debarred from female society, nor is any woman permitted to enter the religious houses.