Bernard Baruch - "My own story"

"I have heard attributed to Sir Ernest Cassell, who was the private banker to King Edward VI, a remark that I wish I had thought of first. "When as a young and unknown man I started to be successful I was referred to as a gambler," Sir Ernest said. "My operations increased in scope and volume. Then I was known as a speculator. The sphere of my activities continued to expand and presently I was known as a banker. Actually I had been doing the same thing all the time."