If a large part of the personality is made up of involuntary traits, or rather, traits that are established through habit, the longer he lives, the more the personality represents and reveals the essence of the individual. So it is no exaggeration to say that an elderly person’s personality may sum up his life. That is why generosity and simplicity are charming when they manifest themselves spontaneously and sincerely in an intellectually refined nature. Through them, we have a portrait of the individual: his posture shows the degree of his merit and, unless we are so blind as not to notice it, we are entirely filled with a feeling of admiration. As for personality, there are indeed feats only possible in old age, when virtue crystallizes as the fruit of a lifetime’s experience, and then those enigmatic whys finally seem to shine like pearls.