Trying his very best, one should make friends with intelligent and wise men who desire his welfare. one should make peace with even his enemy, when, O Bharata his life cannot be saved by any other means.
संधातव्यं बुधैर्नित्यं व्यवस्य च हितार्थिभिः। अमित्रैरपि संधेयं प्राणा रक्ष्या हि भारत॥