Plutarch. (№ 418114)

Sometimes it is not without benefit to silence the offender with a witty repubmission; such a rebit should be brief and not reveal any irritation or rage, but let her be able to bite a little with a calm smile, returning the blow; how arrows fly away from a solid object back to the one who sent them. and the insult seems to fly away from the clever and self-possessing speaker back and fall into the insulter.