Careful Words

least (n.)

least (adv.)

least (adj.)

In solitude, where we are least alone.

Lord Byron 1788-1824: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto iii. Stanza 90.

Although the last, not least.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Lear. Act i. Sc. 1.

  Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.

Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471): Imitation of Christ. Book iii. Chap. 12.

Though last, not least in love.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act iii. Sc. 1.