Mishnah 8 - Chapter 6 - Pirkei Avot

Rabbi shim'on ben yehudah mishum rabbi shim'on ben yocha'i omer. Hannoy vehakkoach veha'osher vehakkavod vehachachemah vehazziknah vehasseivah vehabbanim na'eh latzaddikim vena'eh la'olam, shenne'emar ateret tif'eret seivah bederech tzedakah timmatze, ve'omer, ateret zekenim benei banim vetif'eret banim avotam, ve'omer tif'eret bachurim kocham vahadar zekenim seivah, ve'omer, vechaferah hallevanah uvoshah hachammah ki malach h\ tzeva'ot behar tziyon uvirushalayim veneged zekenav kavod. Rabbi shim'on ben menasya omer. Ellu sheva middot shemmanu chachamim latzaddikim, kullam nitkayemu berabbi uvevanav.

Rabbi Shimon ben Menasya said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Yohai: Beauty, strength, riches, honor, wisdom, [old age], gray hair, and children are becoming to the righteous, and becoming to the world,As it is said: “Gray hair is a crown of glory (beauty); it is attained by way of righteousness” (Proverbs 16:3, And it says: “The ornament of the wise is their wealth” (ibid. 14:24), And it says: “Grandchildren are the glory of their elders, and the glory of children is their parents” (ibid. 17:6), And it says: “The glory of youths is their strength; and the beauty of old men is their gray hair” (ibid. 20:29), And it says: “Then the moon shall be ashamed, and the sun shall be abashed. For the Lord of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and God’s Honor will be revealed to his elders” (Isaiah 24:23). Rabbi Shimon ben Menasya said: these seven qualities, which the sages have listed [as becoming] to the righteous, were all of them fulfilled in Rabbi and his sons.

R. Shimon b. Menassia says in the name of R. Shimon b. Yochai: Beauty and strength and wealth and honor and wisdom and old age and hoariness and children are becoming to the righteous and becoming to the world, as it is written (Proverbs 16:21): "A crown of glory is hoary (old age); in the way of righteousness will it be found," and (Ibid 14:24): "The crown of the wise is their wealth," and (Ibid. 17:6): "The crown of the old are grandchildren, and the glory of children are their fathers," and (Ibid. 20:29): "The beauty of youth is their strength, and the glory of the old is their hoariness," and (Isaiah 24:23): "Then the moon shall be confounded and the sun put to shame, for the L rd of hosts will reign in the mountain of Zion and in Jerusalem — but before His elders, honor." R. Shimon b. Menassia says: These seven middoth that the sages ascribed to the righteous were all realized in Rebbi and his sons.