"It is interspersed with very strong and thick towers, which rise above the wall in beautiful proportion and space and…"

"[...] the most beautiful part of a discourse is the beauty of the subject: and those who work with their brains know …"

"Great mutations must be undertaken with great counsel and proceed slowly in order to proceed safely: otherwise, inste…"

"There are a hundred thorns for every rose."

"(About the Great Wall of China) All walled with square stones, strong enough to withstand any torment of air and wate…"

"The two boundless oceans, which descend from opposite sides of Africa and meet at this Cape of Good Hope, collide wit…"

"I would not want you to falsely imagine that seeing the Antipodes, where I am now taking you, would cost us a journey…"

"[...] with the finest artistry, not only concealed or hidden, but lost within it, that body (of the Colossus of Rhode…"

"[...] this incomparable King of the Mountains, Atlas towering above us. Behold how he rises up, how he rears himself,…"

"Even from these and individually from the Tartars of Niuche called Chin, who are more eastern, China is defended by h…"