Van Riper

Famous quotes containing the words van and/or riper:

    “Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you—but my friends never leave me.”
    Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage,
    And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age:
    Pleased with this bauble still, as that before;
    ‘Till tired he sleeps, and life’s poor play is o’er.
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)