If you think you can protect your friend by telling lies to cover up his mess, then think again. You are probably causing him more harm than good.
As the scottish neo-romantic poet, Robert Louis Stevenson succintly put it,
“The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.”
Disclaimer: Any reference to actual person or event is not intentional.
Brown in the Land of Blues and Blondes 