I don't insist on anything

I just think that Paladin levels 7-10 and higher are far less good than 4 levels in Sorcerer. When to take those levels is of course very much the question.
As for the Oath. I can see the benefit of Devotion. The Problem is the Tenets. I am not Lawful Good, but Chaotic Good. So i'd be really toeing the line there. Chaotic Characters usually don't "obey those who have just authority over you" (although "just" sounds like its a wide open loophole) and also Deception +7 is kinda a no go if i can't lie

And frankly this whole over-the-top goody-two-shoes thing sounds like a real drag. Like I can't fight the prime evil because i was so caught up in getting kittens out of trees and now i have to pay reparations to the whole world because it was somehow my fault that all these bad things happened. That doesn't really inspire me.