The Border is the scar of history.

A Border is scratched across the hearts of men by strangers with a calm, judicial pen, and when the borders bleed we watch with dread the lines of ink across the map turn red.

The Border is strategically important — When the lips are gone the teeth are cold.

A Border is established so there is something to fight about.

A Boundary is wise to keep — A fence between makes love more keen.

The Boundary is requisite to conflict — spatial boundaries are evident in every finite conflict.

A Boundary is, in political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other.

A Boundary is a divider, real or imagined, designed to enforce civility. See "failure".

An Insult is difficult to ignore — An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

The Insult is best ignored — No holiness requires us to submit to insult.

An Insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who insult, but by the disposition of those who bear it.

The Insult is a vulgar practice — The art of returning insult for insult belongs to street-porters.

A Joke is like sex… it ain't any good if you don't get it

A Joke is born when the punchline becomes apparent

The Joke is the cayenne of conversation.

The Joke is always a tiny revelation.