Hernando Cortes Quotes & Sayings

The divine drink which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a whole day without food. — Hernando Cortes

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 Cortes

What men in all the world have shown such daring? — Hernando Cortes

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

It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of things never heard of, seen or dreamed of before ... — Hernando Cortes

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 ... — Hernando Cortes

They no longer had nor could find any arrows, javelins or stones with which to attack us ... — Hernando Cortes