Furthermore, they had calculated that if 25,000 of them died for every one of us, they would finish with us first, for they were many and we were but few.
Hernando CortesI and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.
Hernando CortesFor I assure Your Majesty that if God had not mysteriously assisted us and the victory had gone to Narvรกez, it would have been the greatest harm that Spaniards had done to each other for a long time past.
Hernando Cortes