There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.
John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation.
The point
True beauty emerges from temperance, purity, humility, and gracious spirit, not cosmetics; character produces genuine beauty.
