Do you ever lie to your partner, your friend or your parents?  Lying could be good only if it could benefit someone you are lying to.  When someone lies, he has a purpose in it.  But when one lies only to cover up a wrong done then it could be a bad habit that needs to be corrected.

You can lie if you know that it would keep someone happy.  Like when you are going on a dangerous journey and you want your love one not to worry too much about you.  But when you lie and tell your partner that you visited your parents when in fact you visited another woman, then that is not something to reconsider.  Lies can ruin relationships.  When one lies, he is going in the wrong path.  Lying that becomes habitual is not good.

As early as possible, try correcting the bad habit.  There are lies that are understandable and there are lies that are considered sins and crimes.  To save someone with lies is often good but it does have also its bad effects on the person.  When you keep covering up the wrongs done by that person, that person will keep repeating the same mistakes.  Unless you take a step correcting that person, lying for that person will only shove him deeper in his mistakes.

There is always the right time to lie.  Just don’t overdo it.  Think of lying as something to patch up misunderstandings but never to cover up a crime.