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.
When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears.
Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.
When the English have scored a goal, they think nothing more remains to be done.
Erik Satie does not say the opposite of Debussy; he says the same thing only the other way round.
A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.