If variability of application determines a virtue's rank in variety, then prudence—which Aquinas identifies as directing all other virtues across every domain of practical life—is more varied than kindness by the same criterion.

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Aquinas: Thomas Aquinas was a medieval Italian priest and philosopher (1225-1274) who became one of the most influential thinkers in Western history. He attempted to show that Christian faith and human reason are compatible, arguing that we can use logic and observation to understand God and the natural world. His ideas deeply shaped Catholic theology and continue to influence how religious and secular institutions think about ethics, knowledge, and the relationship between science and belief.
Rank in variety(the criterion being used to compare virtues): A way of measuring how widely-applicable or broadly-useful something is compared to other things; higher rank means it applies to more different situations.
Variability of application(described as determining a virtue's rank in variety): How many different situations or areas of life something can be used in; the more contexts where something matters, the more variable its application is.
prudence(Contrasted with the moral point of view in Mill's proof)

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