Cato the Elder expels a senator for public display of affection, then makes a bad marriage joke.

>Manilius, also, who, according to the public expectation, would have been next consul, he threw out of the senate, because, in the presence of his daughter, and in open day, he had kissed his wife. >He said that, as for himself, his wife never came into his arms except when there was a great thunder; so that it was for jest with him, that it was a pleasure for him, when Jupiter thundered. _____________________________ **Source:** Plutarch, John Dryden, and Arthur Hugh Clough. "Marcus Cato." *Plutarch's Lives*. New York: Modern Library, 2001. 471. Print. _____________________________ **Further Reading:** [Marcus Porcius Cato / Cato Major (Cato the Elder) / Cato Censorius (Cato the Censor) / Cato Sapiens (Cato the Wise) / Cato Priscus (Cato the Ancient)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_Elder)