It's a metaphor. 
To help you understand why, here's the definitions of both:
Simile: it's a <span>figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, it's used to make writing seem more vivid.
Metaphor: this is also a</span><span> figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
</span><span>
</span>
        
                    
             
        
        
        
He describes the society of Cyclops as brutes since they do not abide the laws. Odysseus himself describes it as a “horrid creature not like a human at all.”
So what do you think? :)
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
the bicycle is ridden by him
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer: The words of a wise man brings him honor, but a fool is destroyed by his own words.
Explanation:
The thing that the verse teaches us about our speech is that "the words of a wise man brings him honor, but a fool is destroyed by his own words".
When we listen to the words that comes from the mouth of a wise person, we derive benefit from listening because the person is wise unlike that of the fools and his words being about his destruction.