His digestion was so good that he could eat all things without distinction: during the summer he lived almost entirely on fruits, and in the very extremity of his age would frequently eat three cucumbers and half a lemon at one time.
"With respect to the qualities of his mind, Sansovino was very prudent; he foresaw readily the coming events, and sagaciously compared the present with the past.

Attentive to his duties, he shunned no labour in the fulfilment of the same, and never neglected his business for his pleasure.

He spoke well and largely on such subjects as he understood, giving appropriate illustrations of his thoughts with infinite grace of manner.

This rendered him acceptable to high and low alike, as well as to his own friends.

In his greatest age his memory continued excellent; he remembered all the events of his childhood, and could minutely refer to the sack of Rome and all the other occurrences, fortunate or otherwise, of his youth and early manhood.