If, when we know that a man is a blatant vaporer, we simply let him vapor, and mind our own business; if, having gauged the measure of a woman's mind, and found it only an inch deep, we do not fret our souls by vain dredgings in a channel to-day that will fill up by to-morrow; if we give the fool the benefit of his license; and expend thought and care upon that which is hopeful and profitable -- do we not prove ourselves prudent economists of time and labor?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)] Reference

He who now seems to you to be a hero, is in reality a mere vaporer; don’t be alarmed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes] Reference