As he commented to his secretary in 1821, "It must be bad, if not everybody was to have a time in his life, when he felt as though Werther had been written exclusively for him."
1821'de, sekreterine "Herkesin hayatında, Werther'in kendisine özel yazılmış olduğunu düşünüğü bir zaman olmaması kötü olurdu." demişti.