• My father names me Autolycus, who being, as I am, littered under Mercury, was likewise a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles.

    William Shakespeare: My father names me Autolycus, who being, as I am, littered under Mercury, was likewise a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles.
    'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 4, sc. 2, l. [24]