It Is Hoped That By

Gold Is A Treasure, And He Who Possesses It Does All He Wishes To In This World, And Succeeds In Helping Souls Into Paradise.

It Is Hoped That By God's Assistance, Some Of The Continents In The Ocean Will Be Discovered ... For The Glory Of God.

Your Highnesses Have An Other World Here, By Which Our Holy Faith Can Be So Greatly Advanced And From Which Such Great Wealth Can Be Drawn.

I Went To Sea From The Most Tender Age And Have Continued In A Sea Life To This Day. Whoever Gives Himself Up To This Art Wants To Know The Secrets Of Nature Here Below. It Is More Than Forty Years That I Have Been Thus Engaged. Wherever Any One Has Sailed, There I Have Sailed.

One Does Not Discover New Lands Without Consenting To Lose Sight Of The Shore For A Very Long Time. Variants Include "you Can Never Cross The Ocean Unless You Have The Courage To Lose Sight Of The Shore".