Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families.

What men in all the world have shown such daring?

So loud was the wailing of the women and children that there was not one man among us whose heart did not bleed at the sound.

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

An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed about the city, where it is used by the inhabitants for drink and other purposes.

He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.

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