There are seven core virtues necessary for perfect happiness. These are: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance, Faith, Hope, and Charity. This list is then further specified into two groups.

Their articulation of the cardinal virtues — prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance — offers a timeless lens through ...

Temperance first, as it tends to procure that ... and my desire being to gain knowledge at the same time that I improv'd in virtue, and considering that in conversation it was obtain'd rather ...