I am convinced that as we become older and our looks fade (to be replaced by wrinkles, flab, grey hairs and blemished skin) our appearances start to reflect our more inner qualities. A happy old person will manage to seem handsome or pretty when they never were before. An unhappy, resentful old person will seem ugly even if they were beautiful before. In some way, who we are becomes how we look, instead of the other way around.