A tip to optimize the order in the .htaccess file

I have created an online project mywebsite.com and I am still looking for a solution to optimize all the links using Rewrite links. I created a .htaccess file and the surprise is that some of the links work perfectly and some are redirected. The question is what is the order of the rules in .htaccess or what else would need to be completed?

Lines like: www.mywebsite.com/the-sound-of-life :: go perfectly with one of the rules

And links like: www.mywebsite.com/daily.motivational.quotes-smile.through.a.happy.life.73.life :: is directed to index.php?pages= OR www.mywebsite.com/citate.motivationale.zilnice-zambeste.spre.o.viata.fericita.73.inspiratie

The .htaccess file is written like this:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L,QSA]
#RewriteRule .*$ /index.php [L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.[a-z-]+\.[a-z]{2,6} [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ([a-z-]+\.[a-z]{2,6})$ [NC] 
RewriteRule ^([^.$]*)$ index.php?pages=$1 [L,R=301] 
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ index.php?pages=$1 [L,NC]

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{0,9}\ /.*\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.[a-z-]+\.[a-z]{2,6} [NC]
RewriteRule ^daily.motivational.quotes-([A-Z.0-9]+).life$ quotedet.php?pid=$1 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^citate.motivationale.zilnice-([A-Z.0-9]+).inspiratie$ quotedet.php?pid=$1 [L,NC] 

#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?pages=$1 [L,NC] 
RewriteRule ^([A-Z]*)$ index.php [L,NC] 

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mywebsite\.com$ [NC] 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://mywebsite.com/$ [NC,L,R=301]  
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With appreciation for the support given in optimizing links via .htaccess