مضمون رواية (تمهن فيلهلم ميتسر) لجوته هو: أن تتعلم كيف تعيش يفوق أهمية أن تتعلم كى تكسب قوتك.

“Man is not a 'fixed and limited animal whose nature is absolutely constant'. He…”

“The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoi…”

“It is far easier to write an angry letter than to go and say angry things to an…”

“These men are in prison: that is the Outsider’s verdict. They are quite content…”