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<li><b>Definition:</b><br>
<i>Temperance is here considered as one of the four cardinal virtues. It may be defined as the righteous habit which makes a man govern his natural appetite for pleasures of the senses in accordance with the norm prescribed by reason. In one sense temperance may be regarded as a characteristic of all the moral virtues; the moderation it enjoins is central to each of them.</i>
<li><b>First occurrence:</b>Acts 24:25<br><i>
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.</i>
<li><b> Fruit of the Spirit </b>Galatians 5:22<br><i>
22 22But the fruit of the Spirit is Love , Joy , Peace , Longsuffering , Gentleness , Goodness , Faith , <br>
23 Meekness , Temperance : against such there is no law.</i>
<li><b>2 Peter 1</b><br><i>
 1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ , to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ :
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 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God , and of Jesus our Lord,
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 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
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 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
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 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
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 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
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 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
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 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ .
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 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
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 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
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 11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ .
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 12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
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 13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
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 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
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 15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
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 16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ , but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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 17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
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 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
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 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
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 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
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 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost .</i>
<li><b>Cardinal virtues:</b><br><i>
The cardinal virtues are the four principal moral virtues. The English word cardinal comes from the Latin word cardo, which means ~hinge.~ All other virtues hinge on these four: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.
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<li><b>Prudence</b><br>
St. Thomas Aquinas ranked prudence as the first cardinal virtue, because it is concerned with the intellect. Aristotle defined prudence as recta ratio agibilium, ~right reason applied to practice.~ It is the virtue that allows us to judge correctly what is right and what is wrong in any given situation. When we mistake the evil for the good, we are not exercising prudence—in fact, we are showing our lack of it.
<li><b>Justice</b><br>
Justice, according to Saint Thomas, is the second cardinal virtue, because it is concerned with the will. As Fr. John A. Hardon notes in his Modern Catholic Dictionary, it is ~the constant and permanent determination to give everyone his or her rightful due.~ We say that ~justice is blind,~ because it should not matter what we think of a particular person. If we owe him a debt, we must repay exactly what we owe.
<li><b>Fortitude</b><br>
The third cardinal virtue, according to St. Thomas Aquinas, is fortitude. While this virtue is commonly called courage, it is different from what much of what we think of as courage today. Fortitude allows us to overcome fear and to remain steady in our will in the face of obstacles, but it is always reasoned and reasonable; the person exercising fortitude does not seek danger for danger`s sake. Prudence and justice are the virtues through which we decide what needs to be done; fortitude gives us the strength to do it.
<li><b>Temperance</b><br>
Temperance, Saint Thomas declared, is the fourth and final cardinal virtue. While fortitude is concerned with the restraint of fear so that we can act, temperance is the restraint of our desires or passions. Food, drink, and sex are all necessary for our survival, individually and as a species; yet a disordered desire for any of these goods can have disastrous consequences, physical and moral. Temperance is the virtue that attempts to keep us from excess, and, as such, requires the balancing of legitimate goods against our inordinate desire for them. Our legitimate use of such goods may be different at different times; temperance is the ~golden mean~ that helps us determine how far we can act on our desires. 
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<li><b>Theological Virtues:</b><i>
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<li> Faith 
<li> Hope  
<li> Love 
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