From Edwin Lefèvre (1871–1943), American journalist, writer, and diplomat most noted for his writings on Wall Street business, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923):
The sucker has always tried to get something for nothing, and the appeal in all booms is always frankly to the gambling instinct aroused by cupidity and spurred by a pervasive prosperity. People who look for easy money invariably pay for the privilege of proving conclusively that it cannot be found on this sordid earth.
