He noticed, too, that, during the time
						immediately succeeding marriage, it was usual elsewhere for the husband to
						have unlimited intercourse with his wife. The rule that he adopted was the
						opposite of this: for he laid it down that the husband should be ashamed to
						be seen entering his wife’s room or leaving it. With this restriction on
						intercourse the desire of the one for the other must necessarily be
						increased, and their offspring was bound to be more vigorous than if they
						were surfeited with one another. In addition to this, he withdrew from men the right to take a wife whenever
						they chose, and insisted on their marrying in the prime of their manhood,
						believing that this too promoted the production of fine children.