Prudence

My senior year, I think it was, we named the seven goslings after the seven virtues: Charity, Faith, Hope, Justice, Temperance, Fortitude, and Prudence. Young Fortitude fell victim to a snapping turtle (Maggie says it was in defense of his sister), but the rest of them lived to become quite as healthy and obnoxious as their parental geese (Dante and Beatrice).

This essay is from the Scriptorium. Reynolds argues that the old virtues--especially the last four--are all the more necessary in our blog-happy culture. I think he's got an excellent point.