No, but it's a bit matronly.

He's incredibly thoughtful

Serious as a deacon. I like it. I like it fine.

He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Annan usually maintains an unruffled, dignified demeanor.

Oh, well. Better a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

I never would have believed you so thoughtful, Cassim. Why don't you come and sit with me.

And even dignified, when I tell you that tonight's narrative... is about a gambler.

Kocan in the late 1700's. In the scene you see the Japanese gentlemen samurai a dignified fello w, has sitting across from him at the table.

Wear that! Nothing modest or matronly will do for this occasion.

If one compares those images with pictures of the young insecure Gandhi dressed as a proper British lawyer, one can see how carefully he understood symbolic communication.