We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons.
The first condition for making music is not to make a noise.
To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.
Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?
Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.
You can hesitate before deciding, but not once the decision is made.