Less is more

I'll speak eyes, not words. You can only dump when you speak more than necessary. No matter how interesting your message, don't think a witty argument will save the day. Express how you feel with actions, less is more.

Character is shown more by a display of dominance, a mastery of our emotional state, just like in meditation we aim at quieting the mental chattering voices. It is not what we say but how and when; keep them in suspense, if possible. Your words would only expose yourself as to what constitutes your present governing thought, your most immediate concern, your focus even. When you adopt the way of the observer, you become ever the more powerful, as if you were given an epistemic god-like center where you can see all, tastefully dismiss others' attempts at persuading you. You keep centered and everything else will gravitate towards your magnetic pull. And the universe with all its far away  constellations will revolve around you. It is alpha not to entertain others, and not to behave as a lowly social clown. Keep the world at an arm's length.