- esse – be, nature of being
- exsisto – appear, arise, be, exist, happen, take place, to emerge, to stand forth
- a posse ad esse – from being able to being
- alterius non sit qui suus esse potest – Let no man be another's who can be his own
- de bene esse – as well done
- esse est percipi – to be is to be perceived
- esse quam videri – to be, rather than to seem
- et suppositio nil ponit in esse – and a supposition puts nothing in being
- in esse – in existence
- operari sequitur esse – act of doing something follows the act of being
- ut biberent quoniam esse nollent – so that they might drink, since they refused to eat