Their older children all became doctors, but their youngest son chose/followed a different (career) 'path'.
His friends all went to college, but he chose to 'follow' a different path. [=to do something different]
He believes the average consumer is being 'led down the garden path' by the promises in advertisements.
(..) No price to pay? We broke our rules, just like her. The bill comes due. Always... a reckoning. I will follow this path no longer. Yeah, OK. Wise choice. You'll wear the eye of Agamotto once you've mastered its powers. Until then, (..)2016 Doctor Strange