I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others; not genius, power, wit, nor fancy; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I…

- Humphry Davy

The three states of the caterpillar, larva, and butterfly have, since the time of the Greek poets, been applied to typify the human being,--its terre…

- Humphry Davy

I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.

- Humphry Davy

Fortunately science, like that nature to which it belongs, is neither limited by time nor by space. It belongs to the world, and is of no country and…

- Humphry Davy

Nothing tends so much to the advancement of knowledge as the application of a new instrument.

- Humphry Davy

The ideal life is that which has few friends, but many acquaintances.

- Humphry Davy

Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are no mysteries in natur…

- Humphry Davy

Oh, most magnificent and noble Nature! Have I not worshipped thee with such a love As never mortal man before displayed? Adored thee in thy majest…

- Humphry Davy

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are w…

- Humphry Davy